October 2013…Kathy Turner of Philadelphia’s James Dobson Elementary School said the Healthy NewsWorks student media program will give her students the opportunity to learn real-life skills and gain health knowledge….

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September 2013…I recently met a parent who told me that her family had added more fruits and vegetables to their plates after reading an article published in one of our…

September 2013…Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, claiming the lives of 1 in 4 Americans each year, according to a 2009 study conducted by…

September 2013…Starting this school year, Healthy NewsWorks journalists can hone their reporting skills and build their health knowledge with new online games developed by the program. The objective is to…

August 2013…Congratulations to Elena Tzivekis and Rebekah Wilford, recipients of the 2013 Healthy NewsWorks Distinguished Journalist Award. The two eighth-grade students from East Norriton Middle School received the award in…

August 2013…In Spring 2013, students in several Healthy NewsWorks schools participated in a “Using Medicine Safely” poster contest.  The contest was a part of the Healthy NewsWorks Understanding Medicine program, supported…

July 2013…Listen to some important tips about using prescription medicines safely from third and fourth graders in the Norristown Area School District. Whitehall and Cole Manor elementary school health reporters…

June 2013…Thanks to more than 200 student reporters, their teachers, and many supporters, Healthy NewsWorks published 42 health newspapers in Montgomery, Philadelphia, and Delaware counties during the 2012-13 school year….

June 2013…At the second Healthy NewsWorks book-signing celebration, three student journalists reflected upon what they had learned from working as reporters during the 2012-13 school year. Here are their prepared remarks:…