CHOP credits the milestone in part to its involvement with the National Kidney Registry through a partnership with the Penn Medicine, which provides CHOP access to a large pool of potential living kidney donors.

New method, bolstered by a study of 89 million points of data, could help patients receive precision care months or years earlier

Dr. Lori Handy explains why the Tdap vaccine is recommended between 27 and 36 weeks of pregnancy and whether it can interfere with an infant’s response to DTaP vaccine.

See our updated MMR infographic and check out the findings of a Pew Research study that examined the safety of tattoo ink and permanent makeup.

See a summary of our understanding of long COVID based on an extensive review of the scientific literature.

Dr. David Teachey, attending physician and Distinguished Endowed Chair in the Department of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), has been appointed Chair of the Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) Disease Committee in the Children’s Oncology Group (COG).

Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania revealed the most extensive single cell atlas of the human kidney, capturing the complexity of healthy and diseased kidneys at an unprecedented level and predicting chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression earlier in its course. The findings were published today in the journal Nature Genetics.

In a new study, researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia found that the total amount of antibiotics prescribed to extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) decreased over time. The findings were published today in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal and Neonatal Edition.

View key findings from NACCHO’s report on immunization capacity in local health departments. Find other resources, including training opportunities and strategies for improving vaccination rates in schools.

Find out about the differences in reading between physical and digital resources, and see what this reading scientist suggests for teaching today’s children.