by Richard A. Hendricks | Jul 30, 2020 | Health News
During each of the three summers before this one, the resident of West Des Moines, Iowa, headed to the ranch for a week of medically supported camp. The experiences represented some of Thompson’s only vacations. He doesn’t travel much because he has Kleine-Levin syndrome, a sleep disorder that sometimes necessitates intravenous infusions. The camps are […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jul 29, 2020 | Health News
In the age of online classes and Zoom friends and family meetups, the quality of teen content is more important than ever, according to a report by Common Sense Media released on Wednesday. “All screen use is not equal, especially at a time when other avenues of...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jul 28, 2020 | Health News
Like the rest of us, children in this country have been told to stay inside, to wash their hands and to wear a mask for months now. For some kids, the restrictions, what they’ve heard on the news and their own personal experience with Covid-19 have made the...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jul 27, 2020 | Health News
On July 16, the state had a total of 23,170 children ages 17 and under who had tested positive since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the Florida Department of Health. By Friday, that number jumped to 31,150. That’s a 34% increase in new cases among...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jul 26, 2020 | Health News
Yet that was the nickname given to Camp Jened, a summer camp for children, teens and adults with disabilities that operated in the Catskill Mountains of New York from 1951 to 1977. The camp is the subject of a documentary on the origins of the disability rights...
