Parents urge NJ to mandate health insurance coverage for rare pediatric condition PANS and PANDAS prompt sudden OCD and outbursts in kids, but parents face skepticism By Lilo H. Stainton...
Who Shows Up—and Who Vanishes—When Your Kid Is in Trouble? By Jessica Slice September 9, 2026 This piece hit very close to home. I’ve been part of the autism community,...
Bills would make Michigan the 17th state to mandate health coverage for treatment of syndrome tied to strep and other infections. Dozens of Michigan children with a rare psychiatric disorder...
Governor Lamont Bill Signing Ceremony for Public Act 26-33 (HB 5374) Concerning Insurance Coverage for Certain Health Conditions and Medical Treatments Recorded On: 7/14/2026 Watch Bill Signing...
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Gov. Ned Lamont (D) signed legislation Tuesday requiring Connecticut insurance policies to cover certain health conditions and medical treatments, ranging from prosthetic...
When symptoms change suddenly, it’s worth asking why. In this moving essay, a mother shares how her children’s diagnosis of PANS led to a completely different understanding of mental...
This is a big step forward for the PANS/PANDAS community. For the first time, PANS/PANDAS has been included as an eligible topic area within the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed...
In March 2026, nine national and international PANS/PANDAS advocacy organizations issued a joint statement on the ongoing debate about the prevalence of PANS and PANDAS. The organizations noted that...
Bruce Goodman February 25, 2026 6:00 am What does it say when a national insurer chooses to follow the science before being forced to by law? This year, Aetna updated...
Daryl Austin. February 20, 2026. For most people, strep throat is a temporary infection that can be cleared with a short course of antibiotics—something an estimated 5.2 million people in the...
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — Violet and Belle Troupe are typical little girls. They go to elementary school, play outside on nice days and love to twirl around in their best...
by Olivia Gieger February 13, 2026, 1:12 pm VT Digger For some Vermont families, treating the immune system can be life-changing to help a psychological condition possibly triggered by strep....
In August of 2014 our daughter, Leah, was 6 years old. We had just returned home from a month-long trip to Illinois to visit family. When we arrived home in Arizona, she suddenly (overnight) developed a fear of vomit.