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Families and children ask Congress to prioritize children’s health

neurology and child and adolescent psychiatry. We hope this week, as children and families descend on Washington to speak to members of Congress and share their personal health care stories, our lawma... read more

Children's Hospitals' Patient Families to Congress: Prioritize Children's Health and Pass Bipartisan Solutions for Kids

to speak to the importance of prioritizing children's health. The event enables patient families to meet with members of Congress on issues that directly affect their children's care. Specifically, th... read more

Opinion: Lawmakers must prioritize health care access for all children

Earlier this summer, nearly 50 child ... Greenville Health System, plus therapies and classroom support. Without that assistance, it would be difficult for Sam’s family to afford the care he needs. We ... read more

A McKinney family and UT Southwestern scientists race to save boy with ultra-rare disease

And they do it amid difficult questions about the role patients should play in prioritizing ... Institutes of Health got involved. Kasey used Google and Facebook to identify two other families with re... read more

Make water a top global priority. It's the best, cheapest way to save lives: Frist

That’s a daily war on children. Newborns are at particular risk in the health care setting. One million die on their first day of life. Even more tragic, many early child ... Congress should fully fun... read more

To Help Separated Families, Tap the Experts

How do we treat the “odd” or regressed behavior the child is showing, like the cases above? What is the best treatment for the parents’ mental health ... These families need people and services they c... read more

Just Following Orders: Overdue Oversight and Unanswered Questions on Family Separations

Nearly three months after the Trump administration’s family separation policy began and over one month after a public outcry led to its end, Congress ... health official overseeing the court-ordered r... read more

Why Paid Sick Leave Is Important for Your Financial (and Physical) Health

Workers without sick leave may find themselves making an impossible choice: Prioritize their physical health by taking unpaid time off ... to take days to recuperate or care for a sick child or family ... read more

Trump Order Will Keep Families Together, But There’s No Reunification Plan for Children Already Detained

But there are no new special procedures for children already in custody, according to the Department of Health ... for when the child is at risk or there is concern about the child’s well-being. But t... read more

Federal Agency Sent Immigrant Kids to Dangerous Youth Facility, Despite Warning Signs

State officials allowed Clay Dean Hill to continue running Shiloh even though state law should have stopped him from operating any residential child care ... Department of Health and Human Services’ A... read more

What Trump's 'zero-tolerance' immigration policy means for children separated from families at border

According to DHS, children in HHS ORR care are given medical and mental health attention, if needed, as well as educational programs. They are “normally held in a temporary shelter or hosted by an app... read more

Children's Hospitals' Patient Families to Congress: Prioritize Children's Health and Pass Bipartisan Solutions for Kids

27, 2018, to speak to the importance of prioritizing children's health. The event enables patient families to meet with members of Congress on issues that directly affect their children's care. Specif... read more