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Mental health challenges for children have reached a national emergency, according to several medical organizations representing 77,000 physicians and more than 200 children’s hospitals. “The pandemic has taken its toll in numerous ways,” said clinical psychologist Mashana Smith.

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Active shooter drills are as common as reading, writing and arithmetic in American schools. But a new report says they are traumatizing students.