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  Back to school.  For man the phrase evokes memories of new notebooks and new pencils. A quick Google News search turns up stories of back to school health fairs and immunization clinics for students...

  It’s a chilly Tuesday morning and students at...

  Here’s the weekly roundup from BagtheJunk.org, NEA HIN’s sister website dedicated to all things healthy school food: National School Lunch Week Shines a Spotlight on Healthy School Food ...

  Here’s the weekly roundup from BagtheJunk.org, NEA HIN’s sister website dedicated to all things healthy school food:  Sugary Snacks Compete with Healthy Snacks at Schools is the first of...

Topics: Asthma, Green Schools, Indoor Air Quality, Indoor Environmental Quality   Earth Week is almost upon us (April 22-26), and the green schools movement continues to grow.  Here are the latest act...

  In October 1902, the first school nurse in the United States, Lina Rogers, began a long tradition of providing disease prevention and health promotion to students and their families.  Within the fir...

  November is American Diabetes Month. As we enter a holiday season of family—and—calories it’s good to remember the steps to take to be healthy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (...

“She’s blue!” I was three-years-old, and my mother had minutes before given me a walnut to snack on as I rode in the backseat during a family road trip. I was suddenly quiet – ...

Topics: Bag The Junk, Bloodborne Pathogens, Breakfast in the Classroom, Chronic Disease, Allergies in School, Immunization, Indoor Air Quality, Indoor Environmental Quality, Jerald L. Newberry School ...