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Gustav Prompts Patients to Cancel Appointments at New Orleans Health Clinic
USA Today.
8/28/2008
 

Tropical Storm Gustav caused about 30% of patients to cancel appointments at the New Orleans Children's Health Project clinic, a partnership between  Children's Health Fund and Tulane University.  Read more »

Children Who Were Displaced Following Hurricane Katrina Face Mental Crises
Health Article.
8/21/2008
 
The Children’s Health Fund and Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health Study Finds that More than Half of Children Displaced by the Hurricane Face At least One Major Health or Educational Risk Factor. Read more »
 
FOX NFL talent filmed a PSA with the Children’s Health Fund in Rye Brook
The Journal News.
8/18/2008
 

The Children’s Health Fund is the charity of choice for the football season on Fox. Read more »

On the Move...
Mobile Health Long Island Monitor.
8/2008
 

Profile of CHF’s Long Island mobile health program. Read more »

Earth Angel
InStyle Magazine.
8/2008
 

Nicole Richie has teamed up with Signorelli to raise money for the Children’s Health Fund. Read more »

Health Care in Crisis
8/2008
Parents Magazine. Janna Oberdorf
 

Interview with Dr. Redlener about the health-care system. Read more »

Pediatricians Lend Expertise to Federal Disaster-Planning Panel
American Academy of Pediatrics - AAP News. Macon Morehouse
7/31/2008
 

Dr. Redlener has joined the newly created National Commission for Children and Disasters.  Read more »

Katrina Victims Still Need Help
Daily News. Charles Grodin
7/21/2008
 

Charles Grodin, comedian and CHF’s Advisory Board member, utilized his Daily News column to get the word out about the victims of hurricane Katrina and the work being done by the Children's Health Fund. Read more »

Be Prepared for Disasters
USA Today. Kim Painter
7/20/2008
 

"It's almost like (disaster preparedness) was some kind of fad," says Irwin Redlener, director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University and author of the 2006 book Americans at Risk: Why We Are Not Prepared for Megadisasters and What We Can Do Now. Read more »

Our Views: Getting Lost in Neverland
The Advocate (Baton Rouge).
7/17/2008
 

Dr. Irwin Redlener, who heads the Children’s Health Fund in New York, discussed what he said is the failure of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to adequately address the needs of thousands of children who continue to need mental health services in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Read more »