Credit: GettyMonday, January 04, 2010
Program for Children Has Uncertain Future
By David M. Herszenhorn, New York Times
As Democratic Congressional leaders work to merge the House and Senate versions of major health care legislation, a big question is what they will do about the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which now provides coverage to more than nine million children and pregnant women and is expected to cover 
Filed under: Congress, Health Reform, Pediatrics, Proposed Legislation, Weekly Round Up, Women's health
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Credit:GettyFriday, November 06, 2009
Young and have asthma? You might be at a higher risk for the Swine Flu
Study finds trend among Americans hospitalized for H1N1 infection, indicating young adults and asthma patients are at a higher risk.
- 45% of hospitalized patients were under age 18, and only 5% were 65 or older
- 29% of children and 27% adults hospitalized with H1N1 had asthma
- 25% were admitted to the intensive care unit and
Filed under: Insights, Pediatrics, Public Health
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Keywords: H1N1, Pediatrics
Credit: ReutersThursday, October 22, 2009
Flu Contagion in Schools
By Ross A. Hammond, The Brookings Institution
As the nation and the world continue to grapple with H1N1, school closures are one policy tool under consideration to slow spread of the pandemic. In the first comprehensive U.S. study of the economic cost of school and daycare center closures, Brookings’ Center on Social and Economic Dynamics (CSED)
Filed under: Global Healthcare, Health Costs, Pediatrics, Public Health, Weekly Round Up
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