/tags/childrens-health Children's Health en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 17:23:33 GMT /health/2025-03-11/texas-summer-ebt-program-groceries-hunger-feed-children Texas is one of about a dozen states that won't be participating in a federal program that provides families with $120 per eligible child to buy groceries while school is out. Tue, 11 Mar 2025 17:23:33 GMT /health/2025-03-11/texas-summer-ebt-program-groceries-hunger-feed-children Becky Fogel /health/2024-05-17/lirios-pediatrics-free-health-care-uninsured-children Lirios Pediatrics is believed to be the only clinic in the state that exclusively serves uninsured children � for free. Fri, 17 May 2024 16:35:06 GMT /health/2024-05-17/lirios-pediatrics-free-health-care-uninsured-children Olivia Aldridge /health/2024-03-14/camp-indigo-transgender-children-austin Camp Indigo is a normal day camp. The campers just happen to be transgender and nonbinary. Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:01:00 GMT /health/2024-03-14/camp-indigo-transgender-children-austin Olivia Aldridge /health/2024-02-07/texas-childrens-hospital-open-north-austin Texas Children's Hospital North Austin has opened its doors, becoming the second hospital for children to open in North Austin in the past year. Wed, 07 Feb 2024 20:15:00 GMT /health/2024-02-07/texas-childrens-hospital-open-north-austin Olivia Aldridge /health/2023-05-10/ut-austin-program-brings-virtual-therapy-to-middle-and-high-school-students In all of the school districts chosen for the pilot, at least 70% of students qualify for free and reduced lunch. Several Central Texas districts are participating, including Del Valle ISD, Lockhart ISD and San Marcos CISD. Thu, 11 May 2023 13:46:22 GMT /health/2023-05-10/ut-austin-program-brings-virtual-therapy-to-middle-and-high-school-students Olivia Aldridge /health/2023-04-27/dell-childrens-opens-new-north-austin-campus Dell Children's Medical Center North opened to patients on Thursday, bringing emergency services and specialty care to a rapidly growing area in Central Texas. Thu, 27 Apr 2023 11:00:00 GMT /health/2023-04-27/dell-childrens-opens-new-north-austin-campus Olivia Aldridge /health/2022-10-11/is-rainbow-fentanyl-a-threat-to-your-kids-this-halloween-experts-say-no The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning that drug dealers are marketing rainbow-colored fentanyl to kids. Many drug experts say that's likely not happening. Wed, 12 Oct 2022 16:05:35 GMT /health/2022-10-11/is-rainbow-fentanyl-a-threat-to-your-kids-this-halloween-experts-say-no Brian Mann /health/2022-10-11/theres-a-spike-in-respiratory-illness-among-children-and-its-not-just-covid Sick kids are crowding emergency rooms in parts of the country and some pediatric hospitals say they're running out of beds. Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:53:36 GMT /health/2022-10-11/theres-a-spike-in-respiratory-illness-among-children-and-its-not-just-covid Manuela López Restrepo, Mary Louise Kelly /health/2022-10-10/a-parents-lawsuit-accuses-amazon-of-selling-suicide-kits-to-teenagers Amazon sold the food preservative sodium nitrite, which lawyers say has no household use at high purity levels, to people who later killed themselves using the substance, the suit claims. Mon, 10 Oct 2022 16:11:33 GMT /health/2022-10-10/a-parents-lawsuit-accuses-amazon-of-selling-suicide-kits-to-teenagers Joe Hernandez /health/2022-09-08/state-telemedicine-program-tchatt-allows-texas-children-to-see-therapists-at-schools Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine, or TCHATT, was created in response to an increasing number of children who are unable to access mental health services, mostly due to a low number of providers. Thu, 08 Sep 2022 12:46:33 GMT /health/2022-09-08/state-telemedicine-program-tchatt-allows-texas-children-to-see-therapists-at-schools Seema Mathur