Children’s Health Advocates See Inroads With New HHS Secretary

Editor's Note: Story has been updated to clarify Alice Lam's study. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra faces a barrage of competing issues arising out of the pandemic, but children’s health care advocates’ priorities center around one central idea: thinking about kids first. In addition to concerns there will be no money left in COVID-19 vaccine campaigns when kids are eligible for the shots, the advocates are worried about children’s mental health and health care access as overall Children’s...