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    Our question-and-answer portal contains previously asked questions from parents and caregivers, educators, clinicians and adolescents on a variety of topics related to technology, screens, social media and youth wellbeing.

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    • Headlines like this can be overwhelming for parents of teens. Dr. Radesky and others answer Qs from parents about teen social media use and mental health through AAP’s Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health. Read/ask your own here: https://t.co/rmAoOGTS2B

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    How can parents help their teenagers use social media responsibly while keeping it from having a harmful effect on their mental health? How do you help kids …

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    • Pediatrician Megan Moreno, co-medical director of our Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health, shares tips for parents on how they can help their children and teens navigate social media in a new #MentalHealthMattersAAP video. https://t.co/EbBOdU4x5m https://t.co/kacLXjNc8h

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    By: Sandy Chung, MD, FAAP, President, American Academy of Pediatrics  “The American Academy of Pediatrics is deeply concerned about the impact of today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Harvard and the University of North Carolina’s admissions programs on the future physician workforce.“The decision finds that colleges and universities can no longer consider race as a factor in admissions, which…

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    • AAP is deeply concerned about the impact of today’s Supreme Court ruling on admissions programs and its impact on the future of the physician workforce. https://t.co/PmWYHshE28

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    The project aims to address the flawed use of race in clinical algorithms, inform future clinical guidance from the AAP and provide a tested approach for other medical organizations.

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    • .@DorisDukeFdn awarded AAP a new grant to help eliminate race-based medicine. The grant will be led by Dr. Joseph Wright, AAP’s incoming chief health equity officer, and will focus on the creation of clinical guidelines to improve child health. Read more: https://t.co/PglqtOPsGQ

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    An Ohio school is grasping for every possible remedy to the mental health crisis, from home visits, to grocery donations, therapy sessions and animal encounters.

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    • “We are still seeing the long-term impact of the pandemic on top of an already existing mental health crisis.” AAP President Dr. Sandy Chung in a @washingtonpost article about teen mental health and one Ohio school’s efforts to help their students. https://t.co/QsXSxaEApq

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    Here’s what parents need to know about a new CDC report on the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder. Among 8-year-old children, the CDC estimates one in 36…

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    • The CDC just released a new report on the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder. In this video, pediatrician Kristin Sohl offers parents tips on what signs should prompt a conversation with their child’s pediatrician about their child’s development. https://t.co/FY1xJEFeLc