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Fact Sheet: Health Insurance Matters for Healthy Brain Development in PA Babies and Toddlers – August 2021


This fact sheet highlights an overview on why health insurance matters for healthy brain development in PA babies and toddlers. In the first few years of life, young children need regular access to health care for their healthy development at a time when their brains are growing most rapidly.

Fact Sheet: Toxic Lead: PA Lawmakers Must Act To Protect Children – July 2021


Lead can seriously harm a child’s health and cause well-documented adverse effects such as damage to the brain and nervous system, slowed growth, development and learning and behavior, hearing and speech problems – which can cause lower IQ, decreased ability to pay attention and under-performance in school often requiring special education services. This fact sheet […]

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