Dr. Paul Offit, Dr. Alok Patel, Dr. Mona Amin and Politico health reporter Lauren Gardner discuss the CDC ACIP decision on child vaccines.

Trailblazing journalist Rupsa Chakraborty told NPF Fellows how she uncovered the truth behind an Indian government plan meant to help patients with rare diseases that instead left them to die.

Brazilian businessman Fernando Goldzstein's quest for his son's brain cancer cure Sparked a Global Movement to reduce the diagnostic odyssey toward rare disease diagnoses.

CHOP researchers Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas and Kiran Musunuru harnessed CRISPR gene editing to save baby KJ Muldoon.

James Levine of Fondation Ipsen hopes international journalists amplify scientific innovation for the 300 million people with rare diseases.

Former judges express concern over ICE intimidation for immigrants in court and violations of due process.

Julia Gelatt of the Migration Policy Institute answers immigration FAQs about U.S. employment, economy and businesses.

Hear from experts from NCES, Hechinger Report, School Superintendents Association and National Parents Union.

Researcher Ernesto Castañeda noted that trauma is a major focus of immigrant mental health right now – for good reason.

Laura Anderson and Ash Dhammani of the Georgetown University Edunomics Lab explain the bottom line for school districts.

Editors Delano Massey of Axios Local and Chastity Pratt of The Washington Post offer advice.

"The overwhelming nature of the news around the deportations," sparked fear in undocumented women and forced maternal health facilities to pivot, Politico's Emma Cordover said.

When it's "more expensive to pay for childcare than to go back to the job," solutions are needed. Here's what one small city did.

Motherhood should not be an obstacle for women candidates and office-holders.

Children are being wrongly removed from Medicaid insurance, says Joan Alker of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University.

Look at the homeschooling regulations in your state, says Washington Post reporters Laura Meckler and Peter Jamison.

Covering childcare involves examining the workforce and workers’ rights. Seek out local organizations, say Child Care Resources Inc.’s Janet Singerman and WFAE’s Ely Portillo.

Reporter Meribah Knight did a deep dive into Tennessee’s fractured juvenile justice system, which ensnares many youth for far too long for minor offenses.

Turning 18 is often the biggest risk of all for many youths in the foster care system. Jennifer Rodriguez of the Youth Law Center says this neglect must end.

Charles Bradley knows firsthand that foster care can be more than a temporary fix for vulnerable children. In Mecklenburg County, NC, he leads the transformation.

Babies are cute—but they need more than cuddling. Zero to Three’s Senior Director of Federal Policy Patricia Cole said policies must nurture their healthy development.

AppleTree schools work with families and children to remove barriers to pre-K education, said Jamie Miles and Anne Malone of the AppleTree Institute.

Data confirms the Child Tax Credit’s value for boosting children and families out of poverty. Karen Chatfield of the National Center for Children in Poverty explains why.

Journalists must grasp the depths of economic power and control, says, Toussaint Romain of the Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy. Race is just the surface layer.

Hundreds of thousands of students didn’t return to school after the pandemic. AP reporter Bianca Vázquez Toness went looking for them to find out why.

Boston’s first Black and female mayor was a teen mom and homeless. Today, she’s CEO of Economic Mobility Pathways, and she believes in mentoring others up the ladder.

Prosecuting children as adults discounts future development, says Bianca van Heydoorn, executive director Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project.

Lauren Miller Rogen and James Keach hope their upcoming documentary will inspire and motivate millions of families coping with Alzheimer’s.

Edward Barksdale knows how to mend a wounded heart. But the Surgeon-in-Chief at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital also vows to heal traumatized communities.

For Rachel Dissell of the Marshall Project and Signal Cleveland, reporting on kids in the system must include why and how they got there.

NYU Wagner School’s Domingo Morel explains the evolution of state school takeovers—and how they disproportionately target communities of color.

Hundreds of thousands of kids never came back to schools when COVID lockdowns ended. Stanford professor Thomas Dee led research to find out why.

Good health for kids requires much more than annual check-ups. Dr. Roopa Thakur of the Cleveland Clinic unpacks the social determinants of life-long good health.

Is long COVID menacing American children? University Hospitals pediatric researchers Amy Edwards and David Miller explore an important new angle in child health.

The dynamics of food security are steadily evolving. But one thing’s certain; children need access to quality food, Morgan Taggart of the FARE project says.

Lived experience in foster care, as an adoptee and a social worker, fuels Rebecca Jones Gaston’s reform strategies as the nation’s top child welfare official.

Childhood obesity can be treated, but the social determinants of health hold more sway than surgery or nixing sugary soda, says the Cleveland Clinic’s Dr. Roy Kim.

Child labor can mean a first job, or it can mean something far more exploitative. Jennifer Sherer of the Economic Policy Institute asks who should decide.

Statehouse debates are just one angle of the story. Include voices that might not testify in a legislative hearing, AP Capitol Correspondent Andrew DeMillo said.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s Deputy Chief of Staff LeeAnne Cornyn and University of Chicago child welfare data expert Fred Wulczyn unpack child welfare reform.