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Columbia University hosted a forum on immigration policy and how to protect immigrant children. NPR’s Maria Hinojosa delivered the keynote about her experience as a child immigrating from Me…

Irwin Redlener talked about biological and chemical threat preparedness, response, and recovery. He said the U.S. was not ready for a disaster, either natural or man-made, and that cities an…

Craig Fugate, Nicole Lurie, and David Hanell talked about the needs and care of children in preparation, response to, and recovery from disasters. They also talked about a report to the pres…

Witnesses testified about child safety during disasters, focusing on evacuation planning and mental health recovery.

President Obama made closing remarks at the White House Forum on Health Reform. Following brief remarks he responded to questions from both lawmakers and other participants.

Witnesses testified at a hearing on the best methods by which school administrators, campus public safety officers, and mental health counselors could prevent, prepare for, and respond to vi…

Physicians for Social Responsibility announced their report evaluating the effects of nuclear terrorism scenarios in the United States, and U.S. readiness for attacks. They said the Departme…

Dr. Redlener talked about federal government preparations for potential disaster scenarios: the outbreak of avian flu, a major earthquake, nuclear attack, catastrophic train wreck, or terror…

Witnesses testified about the security of nuclear facilities in the U.S., the potential damage from terrorist attacks against the facilities of using material from nuclear facilities, facili…

Examine American families and health policy in the the new administration.

Vice President Gore spoke to supporters about his health care policies. Among the issues he addressed were reducing the cost of prescription drugs, providing more and better mental health ca…

Senator Bill Bradley(D-NJ) spoke about the neglect of civil, charitable societal institutions in the national political debate over the proper role of government and the private sector. He e…

Members of the Senate Finance Committee heard testimony from federal and state health care specialists concerning children’s vaccine programs. The program, began in 1994 in response to a mea…

Following a forum conducted by President and Mrs. Clinton in the White House, physicians who helped develop and now support President Clinton’s health care proposal answered questions from r…

Senator Jay Rockefeller Democrat from West Virginia and Judy Feder of the Health and Human services planning office spoke to a meeting of the National Health Policy Council on the need for …

Members of the White House Task Force on Health Care Reform spoke in a panel session during a symposium on health care reform. Issues brought up in the speakers' remarks included universal h…

Jennifer Perry, Children’s Action Network and Irwin Redlener, Children’s Health Fund took viewers call to talk about the White House’s proposals to guarantee universal immunization against m…

Representatives of health care organizations spoke in a panel discussion in a symposium on the American health care system. The panel spoke on the extent to which the American health care sy…

The U.S. Conference of Mayors and National League of Cities sponsored the “Save our Cities! Save our Children!” rally on the National Mall.