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Working on a solution to gun violence and want to share it? Get in touch with gun violence prevention reporter Sammy Caiola here. In the aftermath of Texas's elementary school shooting, and on the two-year mark of George Floyd's murder by Minneapolis police, the need to help children process the unrelenting toll of gun violence in America is clearer than ever. Experts and advocates say parents play a crucial role in recognizing and addressing a child's trauma, whether it stems from watching a mass shooting on the news, witnessing domestic violence at home, hearing a shoot-out on the street, or losing a parent to gunfire. It's a lesson that Philadelphians know all too well, and nonprofit org...

Harrisburg, PA -  The Pennsylvania departments of Health (DOH) and Human Services (DHS) today highlighted a partnership between the agencies, health centers in Harrisburg and Reading, and Medical Assistance managed care organizations to host vaccination clinics in the cities to encourage COVID-19 vaccination to make for a safer summer. Vaccines are available by appointment and walkup.  "As we head into the summer months, we all want to have a fun, safe summer without the risk of contracting a dangerous case of COVID-19," said DHS Acting Secretary Meg Snead. "If you have not yet been vaccinated or boosted against the virus, now is always a good time to take this step to protect yourself and help others around you slow transmission and protect against severe disease. Please take this step to protect yourself."  "We continue to strongly urge Pennsylvanians to get up to date with their COVID-19 vaccine, as the vaccine provides strong pro...

New measures will help consumers compare health insurance plan choices Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced new measures that will allow consumers to more easily find the right form of quality, affordable health care coverage on HealthCare.gov that best meets their needs. These measures set the landscape for the upcoming HealthCare.Gov Open Enrollment Period, which will begin on November 1, 2022, and are part of the Biden-Harris Administration's ongoing effort to strengthen and build on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). "The Affordable Care Act has successfully expanded coverage and provided hundreds of health plans for consumers to choose from," said Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. "By including new standardized plan options on HealthCare.gov, we are making it even easier for consumers to compare quality and value across health care plans. The Bide...

Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, said Monday that an early analysis showed their three-dose coronavirus vaccine regimen triggered a strong immune response in younger children, proving 80 percent effective at preventing symptomatic infections in children 6 months to 4 years old. The results, along with other recent developments, signal that the long and frustrating wait for a vaccine for the youngest children, the last group to lack access, could be over within weeks. The Food and Drug Administration, in an announcement a few hours after Pfizer and BioNTech issued a news release about their results, said the agency's outside experts are scheduled to meet June 15 to discuss the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and another shot for the youngest children from the biotechnology company Moderna. If the FDA advisory panel looks favorably on the pediatric vaccines, the agency could authorize the shots as soon as June 16 or 17. Vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventi...

DOH Issues Advisory to NYS Public and Private Schools Positive Cases Up 25 Percent From Previous Week ALBANY, N.Y. (May 18, 2022) - The New York State Department of Health today alerted New Yorkers that seasonal flu rates are rising statewide and recommended that the public take the same precautions as they follow with COVID-19 – stay home if you have any symptoms, consult your physician, get tested and get treatment, and wear a mask in indoor public spaces if living in high-risk counties or personally at-risk. DOH issued an advisory Wednesday to New York State public and private schools to remind administrators to contact their local health department if they observe increases in school absences resulting from influenza-like illness (fever with cough or sore throat) or confirmed influenza outbreaks. The week ending May 7 saw statewide positive flu rates increase by 25 percent from the previous week, the most recent data available. This is the 25 th consecutive week geographical...

Hundreds of protesters gathered at Philadelphia's City Hall for the "Day Without Childcare" protest on May 9, 2022. (Cory Clark / NurPhoto via AP) On the bright, clear morning of May 9, over a dozen child care providers, nearly all women of color, gathered on the steps of New York City's City Hall speaking a mix of English and Spanish. They held signs saying, "Can't work without childcare" and wearing buttons declaring, "I work in childcare so you can go to work." It was a Monday morning, when they would normally be receiving young children from their parents' arms. Instead, they were among the hundreds of providers across 27 states who protested that day by shutting their doors and walking out. They did it to make a point: that the economy can't function without the underpaid, undervalued work that they do. This has always been true, and yet the sector has never received enough funding to make it stable. Now...