Single Site-based Study Suggests Access to No-cost HIV Treatment May Be Key to Curbing Epidemic Philadelphia, Pa. – April 4, 2018 – Youth living with HIV who have health insurance may be half as likely to be at high risk for transm...

New Study Details Family Characteristics Associated with Child Maltreatment in U.S. Army Families Philadelphia, Pa. – October 4, 2017 – With growing evidence around the increased risk of child abuse and neglect surrounding a U.S. A...

Funding Award Will Support Project to Improve Quality of Life for Youth with Sickle Cell Disease Transitioning to Adult Care Philadelphia, Pa. – September 19, 2017 – Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Nor...

Two-year grant brings together community organizations to help children with asthma in West Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa. – September 12, 2017 – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) Home Preservation Initiative for Healthy...

New Study Suggests Support for Families and Children in Poverty Cannot Begin Too Early Philadelphia, Pa. – July 12, 2017 – By age one, infants in low-socioeconomic families have already been exposed to greater environmental disadva...

Statement from PolicyLab Director Dr. David Rubin Philadelphia, Pa. – Dec. 13, 2016 – Only 20 percent of medically diagnosed child abuse and neglect cases in U.S. Army dependent children between 2004 and 2007 were found to have a s...

Philadelphia, Pa. – Dec. 5, 2016 – An increasing number of low-income parents are not obtaining health insurance for their children through their employer, even as they obtain coverage for themselves, and are instead turning to the ...

Statement from PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, AccessMatters, Public Citizens For Children and Youth (PCCY), The LARC Project, Penn Family Planning and Pregnancy Loss Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology...

Hypertension and prehypertension in children often go undiagnosed, according to a new study published today in Pediatrics. The study focused on children with abnormal blood pressures across the United States, and is the first to sho...

Children hospitalized for medical or surgical procedures who have an existing mental health condition stay in the hospital longer than children without these conditions. Pediatric researchers who analyzed a national database recomme...