Philadelphia - Today in JAMA Pediatrics, researchers from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) PolicyLab published the largest study to date documenting the significant risks to children’s health associated with prescrip...

PRNewswire — The bipartisan children's advocacy organization First Focus and PolicyLab at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia released a new analysis today showing that, five years after its technical end, the recession of the m...

Newswise — An article published in the Health Affairs December issue is the first ever comprehensive analysis to investigate the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Essential Health Benefit (EHB) as it relates to children. The study found t...

Newswise — A study conducted by researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s PolicyLab shows the proportion of US-born, Medicaid-enrolled children in Pennsylvania who utilized preventive dental care rose significantly fo...

Philadelphia – A national study conducted by researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s PolicyLab shows an increase in the concurrent prescribing of second-generation antipsychotics (SGA) – one type of medication used ...

Philadelphia, June 10, 2014 –  The City of Philadelphia released a report that found 17% of all Philadelphia public school students have been involved with the Department of Human Services (DHS) and/or the juvenile justice system at...

David Rubin, MD, MSCE, is one of twelve named to the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities   Newswise — PHILADELPHIA, October 8, 2013 — Co-director of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s PolicyLab David ...

Philadelphia – A new movement has Philadelphia teens urging their peers who are sexually active to take control of their health by getting routine screenings for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In addition to increasing awar...

Newswise — Philadelphia ⎯ A national study conducted by researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) shows increased use of powerful antipsychotic drugs to treat publicly insured children over the last decade.

In the largest study to examine the impact of the recession on child abuse, researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) PolicyLab detected a significant increase in children admitted to the nation’s largest child...