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children's health care stories: 27 news summaries

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Half of US Kids Will Get Food Stamps at Some Point

Figure hits 90% for black children, study finds

Nov 2, 09 9:29 PM CST
(AP) - Nearly half of all US children and 90% of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could push those numbers even higher, researchers say. The estimate comes from an analysis of 30 years of national data, and bolsters other... More »

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African Americans • children • recession • poverty • children's health care • food stamps • financial crisis • women's issues

(Newser) - Ted Kennedy is back, and ready to make the more liberal argument for health care, Politico reports. The ailing senator had been working on the issue behind the scenes as he battled brain cancer, but yesterday his committee began circulating a 12-page “policy overview” on a potential bill. The... More »

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Senate • Ted Kennedy • SCHIP • health care reform • children's health care • Max Baucus

(Newser) - Health-care policy debate in America is usually framed around the 45 million (and rising) uninsured, but rarely do policymakers bring up the additional 25 million facing the “shadow problem” of under-insurance, Time reports. These people pay more than 10% of their income on out-of-pocket medical costs, often on flimsy... More »

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health care • health • health insurance • health insurance premiums • children's health care • Bill Maher Grid

 NYC Cigs 
 Hit a Smokin' 
 $10 a Pack 

Advocates hope 62-cent federal tax will reduce deaths, costs

Feb 8, 09 1:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Smokers in New York City will soon be shelling out $10 for a pack of cigarettes, the New York Post reports. Lawmakers plan to pay for the new Children’s Health Insurance Program law with a 62-cent federal tax on cigarettes, pushing the NYC price to a 10-spot—the nation’... More »

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New York City • smoking • cigarettes • children's health care • State Children's Health Insurance Program • cigarette tax

Obama Signs Kids' Health Bill

SCHIP extension,
twice vetoed by Bush, brings care to 4M, adds 62¢ to cigarette tax

Feb 4, 09 4:28 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama today signed into law a measure that will bring health care to an estimated 4 million children, CNN reports. The $35 billion expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, a move twice vetoed by President Bush, will be financed by adding 62¢ per pack to the... More »

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SCHIP • children's health care • cigarette tax • George W. Bush • President Obama

Senate Passes Children's Health Insurance Bill

Expansion of health insurance for low-income kids passes over GOP objections

Jan 30, 09 6:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The Senate has passed a $32.8 billion bill to dramatically expand children's health insurance, the Washington Post reports. The State Children's Health Insurance Program will now cover 11 million low-income children, up from 7 million. The bill, which will be funded by an extra 61-cent tax on every packet... More »

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health insurance • Senate • Senate Republicans • children's health care • State Children's Health Insurance Program • cigarette tax • Obama administration

 Feds: Blago 
 Extorted 
 Hospital 
 Honcho 

Guv planned to seek campaign cash in return for state funding

Dec 11, 08 12:47 PM CST
(Newser) - The Rod Blagojevich scandal extends beyond politics to medicine, the Chicago Tribune reports. He threatened to withhold $8 million in state funding for a pediatric health initiative unless the head of Children’s Memorial Hospital gave his campaign $50,000, according to the federal criminal complaint against the Illinois governor.... More »

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corruption • extortion • Illinois • children's health care • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal

As Kids' Allergies Soar,
So Do Sales of EpiPens

Doctors prescribed nearly 2 million EpiPens in the US last year

Nov 22, 08 1:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Foods once thought of as wholesome—eggs, milk, wheat, peanut butter—now threaten the lives of some 3 million children with food allergies every year, MSNBC reports. As a result, US sales of EpiPens and their accessories are skyrocketing. These single-use shots of epinephrine can be self-administered and stop severe... More »

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children's health care • food allergies • EpiPen • epinephrine

OPINION

Latest US Drug Overdose: Hormones for Short Kids

Prevalence of 'lifestyle drugs' when some have no healthcare indictment of system

Oct 31, 08 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Since 2003, when the FDA relaxed restrictions on the use of growth hormone (GH) for children, more parents have been looking to give their shortest offspring a leg up in the world. But while many health professionals agree that taller kids may have higher self-esteem, dosing the short ones may... More »

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growth hormones • drug companies • children • height • children's health care • lifestyle drug

Doctors See Rise in Kids With Kidney Stones

Salty foods, lack of water, and obesity
may be at fault

Oct 28, 08 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once associated with middle age, kidney stones are growing more common among US children, the New York Times reports. A few decades ago, physicians would “see a kid with a stone once every few months,” says one doctor. “Now we see kids once a week or less.... More »

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health • melamine • children • soda • children's health care • drinking water • salt • sodium • kidney stones

OPINION

Hockey Mom's Policies Won't Help Disabled Children

Palin, McCain set to continue policies that 'trample the weak, hurdle the dead'

Sep 10, 08 2:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The image of Sarah Palin as a take-no-prisoners hockey mom doesn’t square with advocating for special-needs kids, Marianne Leone writes in the Boston Globe. She may have a newborn with Down syndrome, but the “warrior culture” that suits "pit bull" Palin has "no place for the... More »

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health care • John McCain • disabled • children's health care • Sarah Palin • Chris Cooper

US Scratches Out Scourge of Chickenpox

Vaccine has almost eradicated itchy childhood disease

Sep 2, 08 7:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thirteen years after the introduction of a vaccine, chickenpox has virtually disappeared among American children. The virus that causes the itchy disease is now so rare that parents and physicians alike have difficulty recognizing it, the Chicago Tribune reports. New research reveals a 75% drop in pox-related hospitalizations over... More »

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chickenpox • public health • immunization • vaccine • children's health care

Pelosi: 'I Am Not Giving the Gavel Away to Anyone'

Speaker muses on wielding power in contentious era

Jul 29, 08 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Newly minted author Nancy Pelosi launched her book tour this week, and one of the first stops is a sit-down with Politico. Of her hard-nosed blockade of GOP attempts to authorize offshore drilling, she says, “I’m trying to save the planet. I will not have this debate trivialized... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • GOP • mortgage • power • children's health care • George W. Bush • offshore oil

GLOSSIES

Pharma Under Fire Over Pricey Drugs for Kids

Lawmakers lash astronomical hikes in drugs for rare diseases

Jul 27, 08 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the face of astronomical hikes in the price of drugs used to treat children, a congressional committee is looking into why companies have increased prescription costs as much as 18-fold when related research and marketing expenses are stable, according to lawmakers. One such company charges $69,000 for a... More »

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health • pharmaceutical companies • medical research • children's health care • rare diseases • drug costs • Questcor • orphan drugs

 Childhood
 Obesity Rate
 Levels Off 

Researchers report
first 'glimmer of hope'
in decades

May 27, 08 6:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The rate of childhood obesity appears to have peaked, providing the first "glimmer of hope" on the problem in decades, federal researchers say. About 15% of kids ages 2 to 19 are obese, a slight decrease from the percentage in 1999, the Washington Post reports. It's the first time... More »

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childhood obesity • obesity epidemic • children's health care

Experts Doubt Clinton Claims on Kids' Health Care Legislation

Friends, foes dispute first lady's role

Mar 14, 08 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Legislators and advocates are disputing a key element of Hillary Clinton's stump speech: her description of her role in creating children’s health care legislation passed in 1997. The then-first lady often calls SCHIP an initiative “I helped to start,” the Boston Globe reports, but the White House... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Ted Kennedy • SCHIP • children's health care

Cold Meds Land 7,000 Kids a Year in the Hospital

Report tallies ODs,
bad reactions

Jan 29, 08 4:43 AM CST
(Newser) - More than 7,000 American children a year end up in emergency rooms after taking over-the-counter cold or cough medicines, the federal Centers for Disease Control reports. Most of the children take overdoses of the drugs on their own, but a quarter have bad reactions to normal doses given by... More »

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children • cough syrup • cold medicine • common cold • children's health care • cough medicine

New Guidelines Target Child Obesity

Strict measures aim to reduce number of overweight kids

Dec 3, 07 5:03 PM CST
(Newser) - The most stringent guidelines to date for combating childhood obesity recommend yearly weight checks and possibly even medication or surgery for kids who can't combat the condition on their own, USA Today reports. Doctors should also keep normal-weight kids apprised of the ins and outs of healthy living, a panel... More »

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obesity • nutrition • childhood obesity • obesity epidemic • children • American Medical Association • pediatrics • children's health care

 Kids' Bones Growing Brittle

Lack of milk, sun and exercise blamed for rickets and loss of bone mass

Nov 27, 07 4:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Kids today break their arms more often than children did 40 years ago, and experts say it's because their bones are getting weaker, AP reports. A lack of milk, sunshine and exercise means many children aren't building adequate bone mass, and in extreme cases are developing bone-softening rickets, the scourge... More »

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childhood obesity • children • bones • children's health care • osteoporosis

Pediatricians Urge More Autism Screening

All children should be evaluated twice by age 2

Oct 29, 07 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Children should be screened twice for autism by the time they are 2 years old, says a leading pediatricians group. Although there is no cure for autism, early therapy can help lessen symptoms, the American Academy of Pediatrics says in two reports released today. The group lists warning signs parents... More »

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parenting • autism • children • children's health care • American Academy of Pediatrics

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