Capitol Desk delivers the latest in health care policy and politics from Sacramento and around the state. Have an idea? Let us know. This week, a bill requiring eye exams for school-age children with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A yearly comprehensive eye exam for children through the age of 18 years by either an optometrist or an ...

CONWAY — Framed photographs of butterflies hang on the wall, cuddly stuffed animals are piled above the cabinets, and the colors are bright and cheery — but the reason the room exists isn’t. The ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A California county cannot routinely examine the genitals of children removed from homes on suspicion of abuse without a court order or consent from their parents, a U.S. appeals ...

May 16, 2012 (San Antonio, Texas) — Do children who have had undilated plusoptiX exams also need to have dilated exams to make sure that abnormalities have not been overlooked? That is the fundamental ...

Although regular wellness exams, vision and hearing tests, and dental checkups are free for low-income children on Medicaid, millions are still failing to get the preventive exams and screenings, ...