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A 67-Year-Old Donor’s ‘Sliver of Liver’ Saves a Baby’s Life

Children's Hospital Los Angeles’ Liver Transplant Program has the best outcomes for pediatric liver transplants in the country.
14-Apr-2025 6:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

What Does Whooping Cough Sound Like?

A CHLA specialist in infectious diseases explains the symptoms and sounds of whooping cough, and why vaccination is critical.
11-Apr-2025 6:10 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Here’s What Parents Need to Know About a Measles Outbreak

Measles is one of the world’s most contagious diseases. Thankfully, modern medicine provides an extremely effective tool against outbreaks, severe illness, and death.
7-Apr-2025 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

5 Things Parents Need to Know About Multiple Sclerosis

Parents of children who have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis likely have many questions about their child’s condition. Receiving a diagnosis can be overwhelming and searching for information online can turn up complicated explanations.Laura...
4-Apr-2025 3:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Keep Your Child Safe from Household Cleaners and Chemicals

Are your household hazards “kid-proofed?” It might sound silly, but one of the first things pediatrician Colleen Kraft, MD, tells families to do once their child is around 6 months old is crawl around the floor of their home: “Pretend you're...
3-Apr-2025 7:35 PM EDT Add to Favorites

The Best NICUs Have These 5 Things

Before she starts to break down what parents with sick newborns should look for in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), neonatologist Rachel Chapman, MD, says she first needs one key piece of information.“It depends on why you need a NICU,”...
2-Apr-2025 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Recognizing the Signs of Asthma

Ronald Ferdman, MD, MEd, Chief of Clinical Immunology and Allergy at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, shares his advice on symptoms, diagnosis, and management and prevention tips for asthma.
31-Mar-2025 4:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Healing Circle Gives Voice to Patients Striving for Sobriety

The road to sobriety is jagged and unpaved, with potholes and craters that can make it hard for those traveling on it to move forward.The Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, a part of the hospital’s...
28-Mar-2025 8:10 AM EDT Add to Favorites


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Recognizing and Overcoming Postpartum Depression

Having a baby is a life-changing experience filled with emotion. It can bring great joy, fulfillment, and a sense of purpose, but also feelings of sadness, irritability, self-doubt, inadequacy, and exhaustion. When the negative feelings begin to...
10-Apr-2025 9:25 AM EDT

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Genome Sequencing Finds Answers to Mystery Conditions in the NICCU

When a critically ill infant is admitted to the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Newborn and Infant Critical Care Unit (NICCU) at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, it can be for an underlying genetic cause for the baby’s symptoms. The hard...
8-Apr-2025 9:15 AM EDT

Children's Hospital Los Angeles Cardiologist Honored by World Children’s Transplant Fund

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles cardiologist Jondavid Menteer, MD, was honored with the World Children’s Transplant Fund “WCTF for the Children Award.” The prestigious award recognized Dr. Menteer for 20 years of dedication and leadership in...
24-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT

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As FDA Expands Approval of a New Gene Therapy to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a CHLA Expert Weighs in

After previously approving its use for a limited population, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now approved Elevidys, a gene therapy designed to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), for a broader range of child patients.
8-Jul-2024 9:05 AM EDT

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Pediatric Pulmonologist Leads Translational Research to Treat Chronic Airway Infections in children with Cystic Fibrosis

Dr. Burgener, a pediatric pulmonologist who joined CHLA last summer from Stanford University, studies cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic disorder that affects the lungs, pancreas and other organs.
15-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT

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11-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST

Neonatologist Travels to China to Share ECMO Experience

This spring, Rachel Chapman, MD, traveled to two cities in China to share expertise on one of the most complex lifesaving interventions for critically ill newborns: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).Dr. Chapman, Associate Division Chief of...
3-Aug-2023 7:05 PM EDT

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