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Child Safety Week 2022
June 6-12, 2022 is Child Safety Week! This annual campaign, organized by the Child Accident Prevention Trust, raises awareness of the risks of childhood accidents and how they can be prevented: The...
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Let’s Review The ABCs
Keeping up with last week’s theme observing Child Safety Week, a new study shows that parents don’t always follow the standard pediatric guidelines for safe sleep environments for infants. Despite...
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Nat’l Healthy Homes Month (1)
June is National Healthy Homes Month. Every year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gathers partners from around the country “to increase awareness of housing-related...
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Nat’l Healthy Homes Month (2)
June is National Healthy Homes Month. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s annual Healthy Homes campaign, some of the most serious health problems in children start at...
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Nat’l Healthy Homes Month (3)
June is National Healthy Homes Month. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development created a toolkit for helping homeowners and residents who rent to identify housing-related hazards and...
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Nat’l Healthy Homes Month (4)
June is National Healthy Homes Month. This week we’ve learned that it only takes 5 minutes to begin making our homes healthier. We asked questions to help find hidden dangers threatening children’s...
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Don’t Get Burned
With Independence Day just around the corner, Nick Pasion has a warning about fireworks: Since Pennsylvania legalized consumer-grade fireworks in 2017, authorities have reported a sharp increase in...
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*Flashback Friday*
*This post originally appeared on The PediaBlog on July 1, 2019. Fireworks Safety With the July 4th holiday right around the corner, this would be a good time to review fireworks safety so that...
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Eyes Peeled On The Water
Writing on her excellent blog about water safety, San Diego pediatrician Jaime Friedman keeps her eyes peeled on not only the swimming pool during this hot summer: [W]ater safety is not just about...
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“Rethink That Trampoline”
Ever since the American Academy of Pediatrics issued its updated policy statement heavily discouraging trampoline use, trampolines have only gotten more popular — especially at recreational...
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