Laura Douglas, RN, BSN, is one of more than 300 PICU nurses who combine rigorous training with innate compassion to care for patients whose lives hang in the balance. This is a day in her life.

The incredible little girl who founded Alex’s Lemonade Stand was a patient at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Alex Scott was diagnosed with a rare cancer called neuroblastoma at CHOP just before she turned 1. CHOP doctors and nurses fought alongside Alex and her family as they went through the turmoil of pediatric cancer.

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a complex and life-threatening birth defect usually discovered at an 18-week ultrasound visit. The CDH Program was recently designated as one of the hospital’s Frontier Programs, a trailblazing group of initiatives pioneering new advances in children’s health.

Palforzia TM is a new oral immunotherapy recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat children with peanut allergies. The medication involves a daily controlled amount of peanut protein designed to desensitize children and reduce the severity of allergic reactions, some of which can be life-threatening.

Since 1986, the Auto Dealers Association of Greater Philadelphia (ADAGP) and its entities have donated $8.7 million to CHOP.

RNA editing is critical in brain development, and pinpointing this variant may lead to precision medicine developments for epilepsy in certain patients.

CHOP pediatrician Katie Lockwood, MD, discusses signs it’s time to call your pediatrician in this article from WebMD.

Dr. Spergel was honored for his research in pediatric food allergies.

Autistic people and their families have advocated for better quality of life measures, and early findings indicate this tool measures areas that are important to them.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s fourth annual Philly Spin-In raised $662,717 and counting to benefit the Cardiac Center at CHOP.