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Jane Lerner covers the health and hospitals beat for The Journal News in
Rockland. She has worked for The Journal News since 1991, first in
Westchester, then in Rockland. She has a master's degree from the Graduate
School of Journalism at Columbia University, where she completed a
concentration in health and science writing. She lives in Rockland with her
husband and two children.
E-mail Jane Lerner at jlerner@lohud.com
There probably isn’t a child in the world who has made it through the winter without a cold or cough.
We’ve all heard a lot this winter about the dangers of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines. So what are we supposed to do when our kids get sick?
The American College of Emergency Physicians. has some advice.
Acetaminophen [...]
My kids have 15 days of school for the entire month of February and that’s counting Leap Day! There’s that pesky Superintendent’s Conference Day that will keep them home this Friday. (Do they really have to schedule that in February???)
Then one week of school before the week-long February break. What’s a working parent to [...]
If you have a Girl Scout in your family or know someone who does, chances are that you are going to be asked in next couple of days to buy some cookies. The annual sale has started. For the first in years, it’s being held in the winter instead of the fall.
The time of [...]
I have a child who loves to eat sushi – that’s right: Raw fish. I can’t even look at the stuff without getting queasy, but I tend to indulge her because seafood is such a healthful food, right?
Maybe not.
With all the talk about mercury and other nasty stuff lurking in our fish, I’m starting to [...]
If your kids are like mine, they’re probably clamoring for a Wii. I didn’t even try to buy one during the busy Christmas/Chanukah season. But someone in my family has a birthday coming up. So I started asking around…..The news wasn’t encouraging. All local stores seemed to be sold out. No better luck with on-line [...]
Julie Moran AlterioJulie Moran Alterio, her husband and baby girl — “Pumpkin” — share their Northern Westchester home with three iPods and more colorful plastic toys than seems necessary to entertain one tiny human. READ MORE
Jorge Fitz-GibbonJorge Fitz-Gibbon has been a journalist for more than 20 years and a father for nine. READ MOREJane LernerJane Lerner covers health and hospitals for The Journal News in Rockland, where she lives with her husband and two children. READ MORE
Len ManiaceLen Maniace is a reporter and father of two sons. READ MORE
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