Kids Need COVID-19 Vaccine Too, Says Health Official
Despite the misconception that children are not at great risk from the coronavirus, kids can suffer serious consequences from COVID-19 now or later in life....
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Nov
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Nov
‘It Goes Quick’: Young Kids Roll Up Their Sleeves for Vaccines in Contra Costa
Nine-year-old Ashbey Asuncion, who said "it doesn't really hurt much," and her little brother were among the kids who got their first COVID-19 vaccine shot at a Richmond school clinic....
16
May
COVID Vaccination Will Not Be Required to Attend K-12 Public School in California
Kids aged 12-15 can get the COVID-19 vaccine, but it won't be required for them to attend public school in California....
13
May
Contra Costa County Offers Vaccine for Children 12-15
The county plans to open vaccination clinics in schools now that the FDA and CDC have endorsed the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 12 and up....
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Mar
California’s Special-Needs Children Still Seek Help After Year Adrift
Many parents report that their special-needs students have gone backward in development during the pandemic-isolating past year....
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Feb
My Kids and I Are All Distance Learning. Something Needs to Change
As a college senior and the father of two small school-age children, Pulse reporter Joel Umanzor Jr. understands the need for and consequences of distance learning....
05
Feb
Children Deserve to Know the Truth About Their Ancestors’ Contributions
Above: Dr. Carter G. Woodson (Image: Library of Congress) Op-ed, Tamara Shiloh If you’re not exhausted waiting for “the system” to present a more comprehensive lesson on African-American history to your school-aged...
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Nov
Children’s Bookstore Changes Location, Keeps Mission
The Multicultural Children's Bookstore at the Shops at Hilltop is settling into its new space....
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Dec
Authors and Community Will Join at the Multicultural Children’s Book Fair
On Sunday December 9 about a dozen children’s book authors will showcase their work and meet the families their books reach....
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Jun
Listen to Children Who’ve Just Been Separated From Their Parents at the Border
The desperate sobbing of 10 Central American children, separated from their parents one day last week by immigration authorities at the border, makes for excruciating listening...
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Feb
Children’s Bookstore Hopes to Turn the Page on Racism
The determined faces of Black historical figures sit at the entrance of the Multicultural Children’s Bookstore in the newly re-named Shops at Hilltop mall in Richmond. The display of books...
03
Jan
Recovering Addicts Give Back at Children’s Toy Giveaway
The day before Christmas Eve, the Bay Area Rescue Mission held an event to give away toys to needy children. But it was the adult volunteers – many of them...
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May
Richmond’s Native American Health Center Hosts Children’s Mental Health Day
by Malcolm Marshall More than 15 years after a landmark Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health brought attention to mental illness as an “urgent health concern,” many youth and adults with...
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Nov
Study: Trauma Follows Children Into Adulthood, Threat to Public Health in CA
News Report, Anna Challet | New America Media Past experiences of childhood trauma are common among California adults, and those experiences correlate with harmful behaviors and chronic disease at a level...
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May
African-American Baby Shower Supports and Inspires Young Families
News Report + Photos, Sukey Lewis Pregnancy and parenthood can be both scary, and exciting; bringing a new life into the world comes with a host of new responsibilities and...
