Articles tagged with 'day care' | Checkup Newsroom

By Jean YaegerEnrolling a child in day care might raise a few concerns or unknowns about the steps the facilities take to protect the kids they serve from illness and injury. It’s important for parents to know that the Texas Health and Human Services...

As of Monday May 18, Gov Greg Abbott announced that daycare centers in Texas can immediately open. But many parents are still asking the question, 'Should I take my child to daycare?' Of course, there's no one clear answer for all families. The...

When you drop your 8-month old off at day care you expect to pick up your child rested, fed and ready for some playtime before you put them to bed. You don’t expect tragedy and you certainly don’t expect that tragedy to occur as a result of neglig...

The news of a nanny 20-year-old arrested in California for child abuse didn't surprise the child abuse pediatricians at Cook Children's. Jamye Coffman, M.D., a child abuse pediatrician and medical director for Cook Children’s Advocacy Resource and...

Dallas County Health and Human Services confirmed a case of hepatitis A virus infection in an employee of a day care in Dallas. Staff and enrollees who attended the day care between Oct. 1 through Oct. 20 are advised to receive the hepatitis A vaccin...

What would you do if you brought your child home from a new day care and he had more than 20 bite marks all over his body? What if you then found out that you had been lied to about that day care’s license? In fact, they didn’t have a license a...