The Impact of Gun Violence on Youth Mental Health and Well-Being
Gun violence affects many children and adolescents across the U.S. In response to growing gun violence – including school shootings...
New Trump Administration Proposals Would Further Limit Gender Affirming Care for Young People by Restricting Providers and Reducing Coverage
On December 18, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued two proposed rules that would further limit...
Sex Education Programs: Definitions, Funding, and Impact on Teen Sexual Health
Adolescents face unique challenges accessing reliable health information and education. This has become even more difficult in a post-Roe landscape...
How Schools Have Responded to the Youth Fentanyl Crisis
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, deaths due to drug overdose among adolescents more than doubled, primarily driven by...
KFF/The Washington Post Survey of Parents
Large majorities of parents have positive views of long-standing childhood vaccinations for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) and polio, saying...
New KFF-Washington Post Survey Explores Parents’ Trust In, and Confusion About, Childhood Vaccines as the Trump Administration Revamps Federal Policies
A new KFF-Washington Post partnership survey of parents explores their experiences with and views about vaccines for their children, including...
The Landscape of School-Based Mental Health Services
Editorial Note This analysis, originally published on September 6, 2022, was updated on September 11, 2025 to incorporate the latest...
