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With schools reopening, poll finds two-thirds of parents support mandating masks for unvaccinated students, but resistance to vaccinating students remains high. āMy child is not a test dummy,ā one Black parent told pollsters. Some parents deferred the decision to their teens.
The Florida governorās order said schools couldnāt mandate that students wear masks and that the state could deny funding to school districts that didnāt comply.
The pandemic forced new parents to find help with breastfeeding online. Now, some offerings are remaining virtual to help expand access to lactation support.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kansas) introduced a bill to do away with a health insurance rule that dictates which parentās plan becomes a new babyās primary insurer. This could save some parents from unexpected, sometimes massive medical bills. Davids took up the issue after a KHN/NPR Bill of the Month story on one familyās unexpected $207,455 NICU bill.
While covid is generally mild in children, doctors report a growing number of long-haul covid symptoms and MIS-C cases, particularly among Black and Latino children.
When patients with common terminal illnesses such as cancer seek permission for compassionate use of therapies in the testing stage, their requests often are approved. But those with more unusual illnesses say drug companies are rarely willing to provide access.
The state will be the first to offer comprehensive counseling services to parents during pediatric visits as part of Medicaid.
Black and Hispanic students have lost up to 12 months of learning, which could lead to lower incomes and shorter, sicker lives.
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
The World Health Organization this week updated its guidance on children and covid vaccinations ā but in a different way than alleged in a viral social media post.
In a sharp shift from Trump-era policies, President Joe Biden looks at expanding Medicaid eligibility to new mothers, inmates and undocumented immigrants and adding services such as food and housing.
More than 46,000 children in the U.S. have lost a parent to covid-19. Families say finding even basic grief counseling has been difficult and thereās been no coordinated effort to help these children access services or benefits.
Health care workers find it easy to empathize with Central American children after their painful journeys to the U.S.
Across Missouri, more than 100 schools have spent over $3.5 million ā often at the taxpayersā expense ā snapping up ionization and other air-purifying devices in an attempt to keep kids safe from covid-19. But experts warn the largely unregulated technology hasnāt been thoroughly tested in classroom settings and is āoften unproven.ā
More than 80 million Americans with low incomes were receiving health coverage through the federal-state program in January. The program now covers nearly 1 in 4 people nationwide.
Rare reports of minor heart damage have convinced some scientists that further study is needed before racing to extend covid shots to more children.
The pandemic created disruption and family stress that may have lasting effects on young childrenās social and emotional development.
Democratic legislators back measures that would end the āpink taxā on diapers and menstrual products, provide mental health support, and pilot a guaranteed-income program.
California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon says covid exposed long-standing health care inequities that must be addressed. He told KHN he wants to get more people insured, boost broadband access so more patients can use telehealth and increase funding to local health departments.
California endured a brutal spike in homicides in 2020 across large swaths of the state, registering the largest year-over-year increase in victims in three decades. Experts cite as one significant factor a rise in gang violence fueled by pandemic shutdowns of schools, sports leagues and programs for at-risk youth.
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