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Family Voices is a national family-led organization of families and friends of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and disabilities. We connect a network of family organizations across the United States that provide support to families of CYSHCN.
We promote partnership with families at all levels of health care–individual and policy decision-making levels—in order to improve health care services and policies for children.
Do you have a child or teen who has special health care needs or disabilities? Find support in your local community.
¿Tiene un niño o adolescente que tiene necesidades especiales de salud o discapacidades? Haga clic aquí para buscar ayuda.
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Family Voices News
What to know about the omicron variant of the coronavirus (Washington Post)
Omicron has sparked alarm among health experts worried about the new variant’s ability to spread rapidly and evade the body’s immune defenses. Scientists are racing to learn more as cases rise. Read more...
At-home covid tests and omicron: What you need to know
As millions of Americans scramble to navigate life disrupted by the easily transmissible omicron variant, public officials are urging them to view at-home antigen tests as an important tool to stem the surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. (Washington Post)...
CDC Recommends Pfizer Booster at 5 Months, Additional Primary Dose for Certain Immunocompromised Children
Today, CDC is updating our recommendation for when many people can receive a booster shot, shortening the interval from 6 months to 5 months for people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine. This means that people can now receive an mRNA booster shot 5...
COVID: Ómicron se multiplica en los bronquios 70 veces más rápido que Delta (El Diario NY)
Científicos chinos encontraron que la velocidad con que la variante Ómicron se reproduce en el tejido bronquial supera a las otras variantes conocidas hasta hoy, pero no se comporta igual en los pulmones. Leer más aquí.
Washington Update December 14, 2021
This week in Washington, Congress will be tied up with the National Defense Authorization Act and voting to raise the debt ceiling - among many other things. Build Back Better (BBB) is…still being built. Many steps in the building process still remain to be completed....
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