It’s no secret this year has been challenging for education. State senators talked about how to make things better for Pennsylvania kids for generations to come on Monday. They covered everything from better online learning to getting more help to the neediest families.

For much of 2020, COVID-19 forced many people to remain at home, quarantined and isolated, to keep the disease from spreading. Between late February and mid-March of 2020, hotline tips to ChildLine, Pennsylvania’s 24-hour hotline, fell from 17,693 calls to 9,068, according to data provided by the state Department of Human Services.

A year ago, Sandy Bailey was looking forward to getting some financial relief. The Allentown mother of two young children was ready to see her oldest start first grade in the 2020-2021 school year. It would mean lower child care bills, some welcome money for the single mom. The COVID-19 pandemic not only took that […]

The American Academy of Pediatrics today released TV public service announcements portraying parents who get their children caught up on their vaccines as animated superheroes, the latest installment in the AAP’s Call Your Pediatrician campaign urging childhood immunizations.

The United States has one of the highest maternal mortality rates of any developed country in the world. While this data point is surprising to many, there is now an opportunity for both the nation and Pennsylvania to improve, should our state’s Department of Human Services opt to do so.