Children's Health

NPR News: Michael Bloom discusses his research on the potential link between personal care products and exposure to developmental toxicants in children.

September 9, 2024

Hair and skin care products expose kids to hormone disrupting chemicals, study finds.
Prolonged eye patching does not have negative impact on family stress levels or child’s development according to first if its kind study

April 18, 2024

Professor Carolyn Drews-Botsch and her team examined whether extended periods of patching for children with unilateral congenital cataracts (UCC) negatively impacted parenting stress, child’s motor development, child behavior, or child’s self-perception.
Professor receives nearly $500,000 National Institutes of Health grant to study children born with congenital eye disease

April 3, 2023

Chair of the Department of Global and Community Health Carolyn Drews-Botsch continues her study of unilateral congenital cataracts by studying the risks and benefits of prolonged patching in preschool-aged children.
What to know about the rapid rise in RSV cases in young children across the country

November 18, 2022

Amira Roess, professor of public health at George Mason University's College of Public Health, addresses RSV concerns
Fox5 DC (video): Dr. Amira Roess is interviewed about the early start of flu season in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area

October 19, 2022

Children's National near capacity amid spike in RSV, flu cases.

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