More than 127000 Texas children could be added to the Children’s Health Insurance Program in the next two years under an expansion plan that received final approval from the Legislature on Sunday. The measure now goes to Gov. Rick Perry. “I’m elated for the children,” said state Rep. Sylvester Turner , D-Houston, the bill’s author. [ Read More ]
Children’s Health articles
Meri-Margaret Deoudes of the National Wildlife Federation and Lisa Gable of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation explain why playing outside is essential to a healthy childhood.
As President Bush threatens to veto crucial legislation that would provide millions of children with the health insurance that they need, Sen. Ted Kennedy speaks in front of the White House, urging citizens to take action.
This lecture will examine the impact of parental mental illness on children. There are 175000 young carers of parents with mental illness in the UK but maybe as many as 1000000 children affected by an adult’s mental illness. They worry about their parents and perhaps be blame themselves, or fear that they will also ‘catch’ [ Read More ]
September 21, 2011 – IMPACT presents Donna Hyland; President and CEO, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta For 25 years, Donna W. Hyland has helped shape the delivery of healthcare to children in Georgia and beyond. First as Chief Financial Officer, then Chief Operating Officer and now as President and Chief Executive Officer, Hyland has overseen monumental [ Read More ]
On Tuesday, September 27, 2011 the New Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre officially opened. THANK YOU to everyone who helped make this dream a reality.
Faculty of Health Sciences Health Symposium featuring the inaugural Dr. Cam Coady Foundation Lecture Series in Health Issues. Speakers: Dr. Fraser Mustard Dr. Cam Coady Foundation Lecturer The Canadian Leader about the socioeconomic determinants of human development and health. Founding President of the Canadian Institute for Advance Research (CIFAR). Head of the CIFAR Founder’s network. [ Read More ]
For many years, children with heart problems in Tulsa, Okla. had to travel far away from their homes to receive treatment. Dr. Hisashi Nikaidoh of The Children’s Hospital At Saint Francis has changed that. This video was shown at the 2011 Children’s Miracle Network Hospital’s Miracle Awards presented in Oct. 2011 in Orlando, Fla. For [ Read More ]
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Clean Air Network made this video with primary school kids on 7th June 2010, the day the public made statements to the Legislative Council for and against the just-introduced anti-idling bill. Hard to believe but many people in Hong Kong do NOT support the anti-idling bill. Commonplace in many jurisdictions around the world, the law [ Read More ]