October News Alerts

• Stronger Federal Oversight Urged for Medicaid, SCHIP (10/30/02)
• NIH Launches Nationwide Research to Reduce Asthma in Inner-city Children (10/28/02)
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Seeks Substance Abuse Proposals (10/24/02)
• Funding Available for Community Health (10/23/02)
• Report Cites Crisis in Mental Health (10/23/02)
• Medicare/Medicaid Office Will Enforce HIPAA Transactions Rules (10/16/02)
• U.S. Ed Department Creates Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (10/15/02)
• CDC Reminds Schools of No-Smoking Law (10/14/02)
• AAP Will Look for MMR/Autism Link (10/14/02)
• Update on School Environmental Issues (10/11/02)
• AMA Journal Seeks Papers on Obesity (10/10/02)
• Study Reports on Brain Characteristic of ADHD Children (10/09/02)
• Adolescent Overweight Still on the Rise, JAMA Reports (10/08/02)
• HHS Makes Grants for Dental Care, Early Identification of Developmental Delays (10/04/02)
• Congressman Emphasizes Early Intervention to Prevent Special Ed (10/04/02)
• Final Rule Allows States to Insure Unborn Children (10/02/02)
• ANA, HHS to Create National Nurse Response Teams (10/01/02)