Advocacy Update: 2025 General Assembly Session

In the 2025 session, VHF and HACA monitored bills related to school health policies, health insurance, medical debt, drug affordability, and the budget bill, including threats to Medicaid. During the 2025 session, a few measures passed, while others failed. The school...
Von Willebrand Disease and Me

Von Willebrand Disease and Me

By Giselle Washington When I was three years old, I was diagnosed with a bleeding disorder VWD [von Willebrand disease] that means when I get a cut or a bruise it will bleed longer than most kids. Sometimes I get a nosebleed at school, and I must see the nurse. People...