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Sydney is a nice name for such a nasty thing. But that’s what the latest virus making the rounds of schools and daycares is called. Technically named GII.4 Sydney, this strain was originally detected in Australia. Now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warn that the very contagious norovirus is infecting people in the […]
It started as a small stretch of his mouth, which seemed to ease the discomfort of very chapped lips. It was soon accompanied by rapid eye blinking and eyebrow raising, involving my then-6-year-old son’s entire face. The word “tic” came to mind, and I did what any curious/worried parent would do and turned to the […]
This year, the flu means business. Doctors and health authorities are warning families that the flu season, which typically runs from October to May, has become an aggressive and widespread battleground against illness this year. And flu – often confused with the common cold – can be dangerous for some people, sometimes deadly. By the […]
As districts across New York State begin to create their budgets for the 2013-14 school year, they labor in the shadow of multiple challenges. In addition to ever-rising pension and health-care costs, schools now face the very real prospect of less state aid as the financial toll of Hurricane Sandy continues to climb. Add to […]
January can be a hard month to love. It’s all anti-climax and anti-freeze. Crumpled gift wrap and credit card bills. Slippery sidewalks and the long slog to spring. But… (you knew there’d be a but, right?) There is another side to January. The month was named, after all, for the two-faced Roman god Janus, who […]
We were torn about our planned approach to this edition of Parent Today. The light-hearted, fun stories we had lined up to lead into the holiday break seemed suddenly inappropriate amid the horror that took place in a little town that we might never have heard of except for the devastation brought by one troubled […]
When tragedy strikes, we are inundated with news and information, and our country’s most recent tragedy is no exception. Coverage online, in print and on television is continuous in the aftermath of the horror that struck at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. It is hard to escape the images and the stories of […]
With the new year on the horizon, we can’t help but think about making resolutions. It’s a hard habit to break – at least the part that involves thinking about making a resolution. According to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, approximately 50 percent of the population makes resolutions each New Year. […]
Kids had barely wriggled out of their pirate and princess costumes Halloween night before the winter holiday blitz began. Radio stations launched into 24-hour loops of Christmas music; holiday lights and garlands were suddenly draped across supermarket aisles; and herds of animatronic and inflatable figures began to appear on neighborhood lawns. And the holiday drumbeat […]