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Philadelphia’s Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole, Pennsylvania’s Acting Physician General Dr. Denise Johnson, CEO and president of the Please Touch Museum Patricia Wellenbach, and Acting Secretary of Human Services for Pennsylvania Meg Snead inside the Please Touch Museum
Health

Parents may have ‘a little bit of anxiety,’ but officials say most activities are safe for young, unvaccinated kids

At the Please Touch Museum Tuesday, Philadelphia and Pa. health officials discussed safety guidelines for children who can’t get the vaccine yet.

5 years ago

A child and her mother wear face masks while walking through a park
Health

As more kids go back to day care and preschool, pediatricians see an uptick in visits

With little ones in group learning settings again, those runny noses and ear infections are starting to come back too, doctors say.

5 years ago

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Allowing couples in China to have up to three children rather than two will help the country counteract a population that's shifting towards the elderly, the government says. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Confronted by aging population, China allows couples to have three children

Facing a declining birthrate, China will allow married couples to have up to three children. This raises the previous ceiling of two children.

5 years ago

Elated children at Finley Recreation Center in Philadelphia run through the sprayground on the first day of operation, May 27, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

It’s officially sprayground season in Philly

All 91 of the city’s spraygrounds are now ready and waiting to provide sweet relief from the heat.

5 years ago

Amhurst  Ma .  09/27/2011 Eric Carle (cq)  is photographed at The Eric  Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. .He is in front of the  iconic image from  his childrens book The Very Hungry Caterpillar . Globe Staff/ Photographer Jonathan Wiggs :SECTION: Arts SLUG:  REPORTER:
NPR
Community

Eric Carle, creator of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar,’ has died

The beloved author and illustrator drew more than 70 books for kids — often about friendly bugs like that famous caterpillar.

5 years ago

A health care worker holds a syringe containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
Health

Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine works in kids as young as 12

The company studied more than 3,700 12- to 17-year-olds. Preliminary findings showed the vaccine triggered the same signs of immune protection in kids as it does in adults.

5 years ago

Ashanti Ortiz, 18, is a senior at Kensington Health Sciences Academy and also works at Uniqlo. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Education

‘It’s just draining’: How the pandemic pushed teens to juggle work and virtual school

A surge of Philadelphia teens are missing class and joining the workforce.

5 years ago

Listen 4:25
Vernon Park in Philadelphia
Money

Philly youth organizations now hiring for more than 1,000 summer jobs

More than 15 local employers hope to recruit teachers, aides, coaches, tutors, and youth group leaders for jobs this summer.

5 years ago

A little boy reads to a baby at a Kinder Academy site in Philadelphia. The baby was the first to return to child care during the pandemic and teachers encouraged the older children to be especially gentle. (Courtesy of Kinder Academy)
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

A year into the pandemic, there’s good news and bad news about child care closures in Philadelphia

Fewer Philadelphia child care providers closed permanently during the pandemic than some early childhood groups predicted last year.

5 years ago

Noah Goliday in his pre-K class at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School. A system launched in 2014-15 permits families to navigate the some 230 DCPS and charter school options in the city via a single online application, then matches students to their top choice schools via a groundbreaking algorithm that helped win it's creator the 2012 Nobel Prize in economics. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
NPR
Education

The case for universal Pre-K just got stronger

According to the National Institute For Early Childhood Research, nearly half of all 3-year-olds and a third of 4-year-olds in the U.S. were not enrolled in preschool in 2019.

5 years ago

A girl and her father wear face masks while they push their bikes in Hermosa Beach
NPR
Health

What the new mask guidance means for unvaccinated kids — and their parents

I'm fully vaccinated, but my kids aren't. Can I safely take off my mask? Do my unvaccinated kids have to keep masking in public?

5 years ago

Close-up of a young child opening the clasp of a folder case. With three federal relief bills signed and a White House proposal to provide free preschool for 3- and 4-year olds, the early childhood sector will see a significant boost, and that money could prove transformative. (Bill Hangley/Chalkbeat Philadelphia)
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Philadelphia pre-Ks could see millions in federal dollars. Parents and providers weigh in on how to spend it.

With three federal relief bills signed and a White House proposal to provide free preschool for 3- and 4-year olds, the child care sector will see a significant boost.

5 years ago

Donald Cucuzzella receives a COVID-19 vaccine
Health

‘It felt like nothing!’ N.J. 12-year-olds get their first Pfizer shots

Kids ages 12 to 15 hoping for a return to normal put their fear of needles aside to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Moorestown Mall Thursday.

5 years ago

Pediatrician Charles Goodman, left, talks to Frank Fierro, the father of 1 year-old Cameron Fierro. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Health
WITF

Pediatricians say GOP vaccination proposal in Pa. could put children, newborns at risk

The law would require doctors to let parents set their children’s immunization schedules.

5 years ago

Middle school student Elise Robinson receives her first coronavirus vaccination on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Decatur, Ga. (AP Photo/Ron Harris)
Health

What parents and kids need to know about getting the Pfizer vaccine

The Pfizer vaccine is now approved for kids ages 12 and up. Here’s what you need to know about how it works, side effects, and where to get the shots.

5 years ago

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