Ever since the Affordable Care Act passed, states have worried that the federal government would set a rigid national standard for health benefits. Now it's clear ...
Our Youth Advocates of the Year Awards honor top young advocates from across the country — individuals who have fought hard to promote tobacco prevention ...
The Obama administration's surprise announcement in December that it planned to give states broad leeway to pick the benefits offered under the federal health ...
NEW YORK, N.Y. (December 20, 2011) – Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization, has released its annual list of the ...
A new study finds declines in two kinds of youth Internet sexual encounters of great concern to parents: unwanted sexual solicitations and unwanted exposure to ...
Data from the Department of Health and Human Services estimate that 2.5 million young adults have remained on their parents' health insurance plans as a ...
An agreement in an on-going lawsuit will provide mental health services to California children in, or at risk of entering, nation's largest child welfare system.
Officials at the Department of Children and Families suspect the state is unjustifiably picking up the tab to provide mental and developmental health services for ...
A study of five states found that foster children are more likely than other kids to be given mind-altering drugs, including antipsychotics and antidepressants.
While jobs may take center stage as the top priority for regaining America’s economic footing, young adults also see health care access as central to any ...
Many domestic programs will feel pain, but Medicaid appears to be part of the "protected" class. Meanwhile, news outlets continue to report on the pending ...
Earlier this month, Congress passed a bill blocking the United States Department of Agriculture’s proposal to take small steps to make school lunches healthier. ...
