February 19, 2025
A new HCPLive® article highlights a study analyzing more than 1.5 million pediatric patients. The study revealed significant associations between SARS-CoV-2 infection and gastrointestinal (GI) issues. The findings emphasize the importance of considering COVID-19 history in evaluating persistent GI symptoms in pediatric patients. Read more here…
Read More [+]January 27, 2024
The American Lung Association launched a new initiative called Creating Lung-Friendly Environments for Youth, which helps schools and parents address chronic lung diseases like asthma, air quality and tobacco policies.
Read More [+]December 9, 2023
The education, public health, and school health sectors have each called for greater alignment that includes integration and collaboration between education leaders and health sectors to improve each child’s cognitive, physical, social, and emotional development. Public health and education serve the same children, often in the same settings. The…
Read More [+]November 9, 2023
CDC Healthy Schools is pleased to announce that 20 recipients have been awarded Fiscal Year 2023 funding through the “School-Based Interventions to Promote Equity and Improve Health, Academic Achievement, and Well-Being of Students” Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) (CDC RFA-DP23-0002). The award is a five-year cooperative agreement to protect and improve the health and well-being…
Read More [+]June 6, 2023
Zagging: Building Advocacy Through Digital and Social Media takes an integrative marketing communications approach to helping organizations develop effective digital and social media materials for the purpose of promoting advocacy campaigns. The authors have created a resource manual guidebook using a step-by-step framework to analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of…
Read More [+]We’ve seen rapid expansion of our after-school activities, [and an] increased [number of] students meeting their healthy fitness zones.
