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Temple Baby Box Program Encourages Safe Sleep
Check out this video featuring Temple University's Baby Box Program and how it encourages safe sleep for your newborn.
WIC Nutrition Program Connects Babies and Moms to Healthy Foods
Healthy moms are a key component to ensuring healthy babies, but for some expectant women that’s a difficult task due to income instability or even lack of access to health care and nutritious food. These social determinants of health can impact how an expectant mom...
Protecting and Preserving Children’s Eye Health Year-Round
August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month. Because children usually won’t take precautions for their eye health themselves, it’s important that parents and family members play an active role in their children’s vision health. Because so much of learning in...
How to Keep Your Child’s Chronic Illness Under Control at School
Health can be a day-by-day or hour-by-hour matter for kids with chronic illnesses. Going to school with their peers requires careful planning and attention to detail to keep them safe and healthy. If you’re a parent in this situation, you may be...
Don’t Wait, Vaccinate! The Importance of Immunizations
Pennsylvania is known for many things––our role in the American Revolution; our vast rural landscape; our chocolate; and our sports teams. U.S. News ranks Pennsylvania 16th out of the 50 states when it comes to economic opportunity and 26th in health care quality,...
Parents, Kids Can Breathe Easier with Asthma Summer Camps
Parents of children with asthma often are concerned with their children's well-being, especially when playing. This can lead parents to hinder their children’s attempts to take part in physical activities. Asthma camps offer a unique solution. These camps are offered...
Telemedicine Allows Your Children to Play with Their Own Toys at Home
Telemedicine gives us a new option. Have a telehealth visit with your child and your pediatrician and let them play with their own toys at home.
Keep Your Kids Happy and Healthy This Summer
Every kid’s favorite day is that last day of school before summer officially begins, but it might not be every parent’s favorite day. Now that the kids are home, parents have to make sure their children aren’t eating too much junk food or watching too much TV and are...
Keep Your Kids Health, But Don’t Forget About Yourself
School’s out, and the kids are home for summer. Suddenly your daily routine isn’t much of a routine at all. Don’t forget about yourself when you’re shuttling around the kids and trying to keep them in good health this summer. Making sure that your kids...
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