Tag: children’s health
Kids missing school: Why it’s happening – and how to stop it
Joshua Childs, The University of Texas at Austin
Chronic absenteeism – defined as a student’s missing approximately 18 days...
La Crosse virus is the second-most common virus in the US...
Rebecca Trout Fryxell, University of Tennessee
For the Laudick family of Greensburg, Indiana, life forever changed on Aug. 5,...
PFAS are showing up in children’s stain- and water-resistant products –...
Kathryn Rodgers, Boston University
Even if children’s stain- or water-resistant clothes are advertised as “green” or “nontoxic,” they might...
Disaster news on TV and social media can trigger post-traumatic stress...
Jonathan S. Comer, Florida International University and Anthony Steven Dick, Florida International University
When disasters strike, the flood of...
The EPA is banning chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used on food...
Gina Solomon, University of California, San Francisco
On Aug. 18, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it...
I’m fully vaccinated – should I keep wearing a mask for...
Nancy S. Jecker, University of Washington
Fully vaccinated adults are celebrating their new freedom and removing their face masks....
Biden’s infrastructure plan targets lead pipes that threaten public health across...
Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan includes a proposal to upgrade the U.S. drinking water distribution system...
How safe is your baby food?
C. Michael White, University of Connecticut
Heavy metals including lead, arsenic and mercury can be found in commercial baby...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
