The first step to any recovery is admitting there is a problem. Now what are we going to do about it? In just one year, the National Football League (NFL) went from a complete denial of any link between concussions and long-lasting effects on the brain to a solid “maybe.” It literally took an act...

The Mind, Disrupted project found toxins in the bodies of those with learning and developmental disabilities. Senators got an ear-full this week from advocates calling for laws to protect children from dangerous chemicals.

Moms, The economic crisis we are in started one household at a time, with lenders who figured out that they could trick families with credit products that no one could read and that prevent any basic comparison shopping. And now the crisis is taking down American families, one household at a time,...

In the past year, while private insurance has become less available and more expensive and families faced the most difficult economic times since the Great Depression, the renewed CHIP program and Medicaid have offered a vital lifeline to America's children. Thanks to the strong resolve of national and state leaders, many of our children have been sheltered from this economic storm.