Children's Health

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Active Shooter Drills May Not Stop A School Shooting — But This Method Could

7:39am November 27, 2019

Active shooter drills are one way schools prepare for possible shootings. Now a new report underlines a method for prevention: threat assessment, along with social and emotional support for students.

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Lucy Branson, now 4, holds Polly Pocket shoes like the ones she put in her nose.

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Nothing To Sneeze At: $2,659 Bill To Pluck Doll's Shoe From Girl's Nose

7:40pm November 26, 2019

by Markian Hawryluk

A young girl put matching doll shoes up her nose. One came out easily. The second required a trip to the hospital emergency department and led to a bill that isn't child's play.

An infant is monitored for opioid withdrawal in a neonatal intensive care unit at the CAMC Women and Children's Hospital in Charleston, W.Va., in June. Infants exposed to opioids in utero often experience symptoms of withdrawal.

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In The Fight For Money For The Opioid Crisis, Will The Youngest Victims Be Left Out?

6:27pm November 22, 2019

by Blake Farmer

The opioid epidemic is intergenerational, with tens of thousands of babies born every year dependent on opioids. Advocates worry lawsuits against the drug industry might overlook these children.

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Sandra King Young runs Medicaid in American Samoa, a U.S. territory that faces dramatic funding cuts to islanders' health care unless Congress acts. "This is the United States' shame in the islands," she says.

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America's 'Shame': Medicaid Funding Slashed In U.S. Territories

5:01am November 20, 2019

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Five U.S. territories say if Congress doesn't quickly allocate more funding for their Medicaid programs, they will be forced to make brutal triage decisions that will likely cost American lives.

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Daniela Ligiero is CEO of Together for Girls, an organization that works to prevent violence against children. She was sexually abused as a child but kept silent until a made-for-TV movie gave her the courage to speak out.

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Report: Solutions To Stop Sexual Violence Against Children

5:58pm November 19, 2019

by Susan Brink

A new study reviews evidence on what kind of solutions are effective. It's a much-needed guide for policymakers, says Regan Hofmann of UNAIDS.

Attendees hold "We Vape, We Vote" signs ahead of a Trump rally last month in Dallas. The politics surrounding vaping and industry pushback against regulation appear to have derailed the Trump administration's plan to ban the sales of many vaping products.

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Politics, Industry Backlash Stall White House Ban On Flavored Vaping Products

8:01pm November 18, 2019

by Richard Harris

In September, the Trump administration said it would ban all flavored e-cigarette products in an effort to reduce the youth vaping epidemic. Since then, there's been no movement toward implementation.

José's son, who has schizophrenia, recently got into a fight that resulted in a broken window — an out-of-control moment from his struggle with mental illness. And it could increase his chances of deportation to a country where mental health care is ev

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A Young Immigrant Has Mental Illness, And That's Raising His Risk of Being Deported

9:22am November 17, 2019

by Christine Herman

Behavioral problems, criminal arrests and limited access to health care leave a father worried that his 21-year-old son will be deported to Mexico.

Photo taken Sun., Aug. 28, 2016. A health official inks a child finger to indicate she has been administered with a polio vaccine at a camp of people displaced by Islamist extremist in Maiduguri, Nigeria.

Polio Vaccine May Stall The End Of Polio

5:06pm November 15, 2019

by Jason Beaubien

Health officials have long known that virus from the oral vaccine can contaminate water supplies; they underestimated how big a problem this would be.

Ugali, a staple starch in many parts of Africa, is filling but lacking in micronutrients.

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Could 'Hidden Hunger' Be Conquered With A Particle The Size Of A Grain Of Salt?

2:17pm November 15, 2019

by Tim McDonnell

To pack a healthier punch into staple foods like flour, researchers borrowed technology from the pharmaceutical industry.

Students cover their faces with masks to protect themselves from air pollution in Delhi.

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This Week, 2,000 Children Ran A Race Through The Gray Smog Of Delhi

11:27am November 15, 2019

by Sushmita Pathak

Even though the Delhi government has urged folks not to exercise outdoors, a "Race for Children" still took place. The Twittersphere was outraged!