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'Idol' gives back over $64 million to charities
Associated Press
11/12/2008
 

Idol Gives Back announced that grants have been made to the Children’s Health Fund; The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria; Malaria No More; U.S. programs of Save the Children; Children’s Defense Fund; and Make It Right. Read more »

Crises on Many Fronts
The New York Times. Bob Herbert
10/25/2008
 

Dr. Redlener comments on the effects the economic crisis will have on the poor and uninsured. Read more »

After the storms: No Safety Net for Kids
ABC News. Rob Claiborne and Michael Milberger
10/19/2008
 
Psychological Effects of the Storm on Children Have Yet to Be Determined. Read More »
 
CHF Receives 2008 HIMSS Davies Awards

Honoring excellence in the implementation of electronic health records (EHRs), the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) announces the Children's Health Fund as a recipient of a 2008 Davies Awards.

No School Means Some Children Still at Risk
Houston Chronicle. Jennifer Radcliffe
9/25/2008
 

Dr. Irwin Redlener, a pediatrician and professor at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and president of the Children's Health Fund, issued strong cautions to parents after surveying the damage in Galveston. Read more »

Notebook: Shaq gets personal on Net safety
Newsday. Michael R. Ebert
9/21/2008
 

Shaquille O'Neal signed sports equipment to be auctioned off by Weber Middle School in Port Washington to raise money for the purchase of a mobile medical unit for the Children’s Health Fund. Read more »

Riders on the Storm
Newsweek. Catharine Skipp and Arian Campo-Flores
9/19/2008
 

Inside the mentality of those who chose to remain in their homes during Hurricane Ike rather than evacuating. Read more »

Nicole Richie & Joel Madden Urge Texting for Charity
People.com. Nicholas White and Lisa Ingrassia
9/15/2008
 

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden announced a text-messaging effort with MySpace to benefit their Richie-Madden Children's Foundation. Foundation partners include the Los Angeles Free Clinic, UNICEF and Children's Health Fund. Read more »

Ask About Emergency Preparedness
New York Times.
9/15/2008
 

Dr. Irwin Redlener, an authority on disaster preparedness, answered readers’ questions about how best to prepare for epidemics and pandemics, terrorist attacks, natural disasters and other crises, particularly in New York City. Read more »

The Holdouts
Newsweek. Catharine Skipp
9/12/2008
 

What motivates some people to ignore evacuation orders and warnings of hurricanes and other disasters? Inside the psychology of the stubborn. Read more »