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With Congress failing to meet a Sept. 30 deadline to extend federal funding, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) now…
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Amid the ongoing debate over the fate of the Affordable Care Act, another landmark federal health care program faces an…
Tooth decay remains the most prevalent chronic health problem of children in the United States. Since the late 1980s, roughly…
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Three-year old Daleyza Hernandez-Avila died on June 12 after being placed under general anesthesia at a Stockton, Calif., dental surgery…
Professionally applied dental sealants offer effective protection against tooth decay. Moreover, progress has been made over recent decades in getting…
Science is increasingly clear that constant exposure to stress in youth affects their bodies in ways that alters their brains…
Oral health has improved for the children of San Francisco in recent years. The decay rate among kindergarteners has fallen…
Lead contamination continues to make headlines more than a year after the Flint municipal lead crisis in Michigan hit the…
Reading through a recent story in the Philadelphia Daily News on lead plaguing the city’s houses, I realized the story…
A year after the Flint water crisis made national waves, the legacy of lead continues to draw attention as reporters…