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Lack of Pediatric Dental Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Led to a Dental Health Crisis
Original article published in NYU Langone's NewsHub. As school-based dental clinics across New York remain closed based on state guidance...
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Feb 25, 20212 min read
Lockdowns force school dental services to adapt
Original article written by Sarah Eames for the Daily Star. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, School-based health centers (SBHCs) have been...
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Feb 23, 20212 min read
In hard-hit Bronx, some schools are now giving rapid COVID tests to uncover positive cases
Original Article written by Reema Amin for Chalkbeat. Health care access is a major concern in the Claremont neighborhood of the Bronx,...
The Foundation
Feb 19, 20212 min read
NYC will reevaluate its policy for closing schools, de Blasio says
Original article written by Reema Amin for Chalkbeat. As scores of school buildings shutter each week due to positive coronavirus cases,...
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Feb 11, 20212 min read
New York City Unveils Campaign to Support Young Adults
Original article written by Annalise Knudson for State Island Advance. Earlier this month, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York...
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Feb 4, 20211 min read
A plan to use L.A. schools as COVID vaccine centers gains momentum
Original story written by Jaclyn Cosgrove for the LA Times. Los Angeles County supervisors on Tuesday endorsed the use of schools as...
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Feb 2, 20211 min read
"Telehealth Waivers Extended; Virtual Visit Triage Protocols"
Original article written by Judy George for MedPage Today. Earlier this month, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) extended...
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Jan 29, 20211 min read
"Better Safe Than Sorry": Number Of NYC Public Elementary Schools Closed For COVID-19 Keeps Rising
Original article written by Jessica Gold for WNYC As of Wednesday, January 20th, 373 buildings that have been offering in-person...
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Jan 21, 20212 min read
NYC To Launch Universal Mental Health Screening Initiative For Public Schoolchildren In Nine Months
Original article written by David Cruz for the Gothamist. In an effort to address the trauma caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, New York...
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Jan 19, 20212 min read
"NYC Households With Children Hit Hardest by Economic Loss in Pandemic, Analysis Finds"
Original article written by Nicole Javorsky for City Limits. According to census data from the Citizens' Committee for Children of New...
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Jan 14, 20211 min read
"The Pandemic Thrusts Telepsychiatry to the Fore"
Original article written for NYU Langone News Hub NYU Langone child and adolescent psychiatrists have recently been expanding usage of...
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Jan 9, 20212 min read
"These are the NYC education issues to watch in Albany’s new legislative session"
Original article written by Reena Amin for Chalkbeat Today, January 6, state lawmakers in New York are preparing to start a new...
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Jan 6, 20212 min read
"2021: An Active Year for M&As in the Digital Health Space"
Original article written by Sebastian Seiguer for NASDAQ Written from a financial standpoint, this article posits that the growth of...
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Jan 1, 20211 min read
"The Biden administration must dramatically expand school-based health carE"
Original article written by By Mario Ramirez and Andrew Buher for The Hill In this opinion article, Ramirez and Buher point to the fact...
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Dec 29, 20202 min read
"Integrating Mental and Physical Health Care for Kids"
Original article written by Kelly Church for Children's Hospital Association In the U.S., 7.7 million youth, ages 6 to 17, are estimated...
The Foundation
Dec 22, 20202 min read
"Governor Cuomo Announces First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine Administered in United States"
Last week, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo virtually joined Northwell Health President and CEO Michael Dowling, Northwell Health Director of...
The Foundation
Dec 20, 20202 min read
"With snowstorm arriving, New York City public schools switch to remote learning for Thursday"
Original article written by Robert Pozarycki for amNY. With New York City expected to be hit with up to a foot of snow, the city’s...
The Foundation
Dec 17, 20201 min read
"America's School Funding Crisis: Budget Cuts, Rising Costs And No Help In Sight"
Original article written by Cory Turner for NPR. Back in May, with government funding in the air due to the ongoing pandemic, school...
The Foundation
Dec 10, 20202 min read
‘Lost in the Masked Shuffle’: Pandemic Shields the Real Number of students experiencing homelessness
Original article written by Tim Walker for neaToday In any given year, a drop in the number of students experiencing homelessness would...
The Foundation
Dec 8, 20202 min read
I’m a school nurse in NYC. Here’s what worries me as winter approaches.
Original first person article written by Anna MacEwan for Chalkbeat Anna MacEwan is a nurse practitioner (NP) who runs a School-Based...
The Foundation
Dec 4, 20201 min read
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