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Ben Botkin/Oregon Capitol ChronicleLawmakers and advocates hope the program can grow and serve more families in the future. -
Tony Avelar/AP PhotoA California bill would hold social media companies legally responsible for addicting kids to their platforms. Tech lobbyists, digital rights advocates, and others say the proposal would run afoul of federal law and the U.S. Constitution.
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Oregon鈥檚 overall school-age vaccination rate lags the national average. Pop-up clinics help kids to catch up with required shots before the Feb. 15 deadline. -
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is extending last month鈥檚 state of emergency as a surge of respiratory illnesses strains the state鈥檚 hospital systems. -
E-cigarette company Juul has reached a multi-million dollar settlement with more than 30 states, including Oregon, over its marketing of vaping products. -
Now that the COVID-19 vaccine is authorized for children under five鈥攑ediatric providers are preparing for the initial wave of tiny patients to get their first shots. -
The state decides it won鈥檛 require COVID vaccines for children this fall, and a bill to mandate kid's vaccines without personal belief exemptions stalls out. -
The Newsom administration plans to spend $4.4 billion addressing mental health needs among young people. But will it come soon enough? -
The number of California children diagnosed with COVID-19 during the omicron variant surge has 鈥渟kyrocketed,鈥� challenging earlier notions that the coronavirus largely bypassed children. Child vaccination rates are relatively low, and children who contract COVID-19 could be at increased risk for rare conditions and diabetes. -
Federal health officials have approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 鈥� a change many California parents have been eagerly awaiting. -
A budget revision released in May by Gov. Gavin Newsom could put more than $4 billion toward home visiting programs, school counselors, childhood trauma screenings and better Medi-Cal coverage for psychiatric care. -
Even the best parents can use a little help when their kids are babies. And that's why an increasing number of states offer programs in which registered鈥� -
Children naturally get together and play when they find themselves in the same place. But not all children are good and making new connections, and these鈥� -
Children who grow up with trauma often grow up with some difficulties coping with life as adults. Statistics on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in鈥�
