by Richard A. Hendricks | Mar 24, 2021 | Health News
Covid-19 vaccines currently authorized in the United States are only available for adults, except Pfizer/BioNTech’s vaccine, which is authorized for people ages 16 and older. While there’s a chance that a vaccine will be available to high school and middle school-age children by this fall, younger children may still be months away from vaccination when […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | Feb 13, 2021 | Health News
The new CDC guidelines recommend virtual learning for middle and high schools and hybrid learning or reduced attendance for elementary schools in these high transmission zones. Nearly 73 million children — about 99% of the US population under the age of 18...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 28, 2020 | Health News
Parents worried about the long-term impact of the Covid-19 crisis on their children may be surprised to hear what psychotherapist and trauma reprocessing specialist Sara Waters recommends for protecting our kids. It turns out that we parents play a bigger role in how...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 16, 2020 | Health News
More than half of pediatricians’ offices in the United States included in a new study published in the medical journal JAMA reported having a dismissal policy for families who refuse to vaccinate their children. Some physicians say this house policy is a way to...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 10, 2020 | Health News
In the Upper Midwest, Northeast and parts of the West Coast — areas with historically high rates of lead poisoning — the slide has been the most dramatic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In states such as Michigan, Ohio and Minnesota,...
