Youth Today
All posts tagged "Health and Mental Health"
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2.0KFrom the FieldSchools and communities can help children bounce back after distressing disasters like the LA wildfires
Research shows that prolonged school closures can significantly affect children’s learning and mental health.
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1.5KNewsExpanding the child tax credit has some Republican support. Now what?
Many lawmakers want to expand the credit, a longtime Democratic priority.
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1.5KNews“Not just Measles”: Whooping Cough cases are soaring as vaccine rates decline
Outbreaks of diseases could get worse with Trump administration slashing public health infrastructure budgets.
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1.5KNewsKnitting, cheerleading, fishing: This is what a cellphone ban looks like in one school district
Pairing expansion of extracurriculars with a cellphone ban, one school district sees success.
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2.3KNewsUnsanitary practices persist at baby formula factory whose shutdown led to mass shortages, workers say
Shortcuts are taken when cleaning manufacturing equipment, repairing leaks and testing for dangerous microbes.
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2.0KOpinionSchool libraries are essential ‘third spaces’ for students like me
Libraries are a long unfunded mandate in New York. Let’s change that.
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3.7KNewsGun violence undermines the mental health of big city teens
The random, unpredictable nature of shootings can reinforce teens' fear and hypervigilance.
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2.5K► ReportsUninsurance and medicaid eligibility among young adults in 2025
A brief discusses 2025 young adult health insurance coverage, projecting 3.6 million(11.3%) will be uninsured.
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4.2KFrom the Field5 ways schools have shifted in 5 years since COVID-19
We’ve identified five ways we believe the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed education.
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2.3KNewsShould boys talk about their feelings more? There’s a partisan divide.
57% of adults said boys should be more encouraged to talk about their feelings.
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2.4KNewsHow a Republican plan to cut universal free school meals could affect 12 million students
Free meal cutbacks would have ripple effects. Eligible children will fall through the cracks.
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2.0KNewsStudent well-being, school choice, higher ed top governors’ priorities for 2025
Governors remained committed to investing in public education but few addressed declining student achievement.
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1.8KNewsGeorgia won’t say who’s now serving on its maternal mortality committee after dismissing all members last year
The committee reviews maternal deaths and makes recommendations to improve care for pregnant women.
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1.8KOpinionParents can soon use QR codes to reveal heavy metal content in baby food
How many products exceed FDA recommendations? There's no safe level of heavy metal ingestion.
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1.9K► ReportsFragile beginnings: Children face unique vulnerabilities to environmental hazards at every stage of life
This brief discusses the unique vulnerabilities of children to environmental hazards.
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9.5KNews‘Bereavement Deserts’: Amid a rise in parental deaths, grief in children is often overlooked
‘My son needed something I couldn’t give.’ Surviving parents seek grief support for kids.
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1.9KNewsEducation groups push back against feared cuts to school-based Medicaid
For decades Medicaid has paid for services in schools for low-income students.
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1.8KNewsSome incarcerated youths will get health care after release under new law
The goal is to help prevent them from developing a health crisis or reoffending.
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1.7KNewsHow Medicaid helps mothers, caregivers and children
Medicaid covers nearly half of all births and health of all children in America.
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5.9KNewsTop scholar says evidence for special education inclusion is ‘fundamentally flawed’
Research doesn't support academic advantages of placing children with disabilities in general education classrooms.
