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Center for Health Equity News

The Center for Health Equity at CHOP works to reduce disparities and advance equitable healthcare across the Philadelphia region.

No Pancreas? No Problem.

Jan 24, 2020

A unique clinic at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia follows post-pancreatectomy patients.

AML Immunotherapy Trial Opens

Jan 23, 2020

CHOP has opened a phase 1 trial using CAR T for tough acute myeloid leukemia, hoping to replicate the therapy’s success for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Reduced Inhaler Use is Safe for Infants with Bronchiolitis

Jan 13, 2020

Bronchiolitis, a lung infection that is one of the most common reasons for hospitalizations in young children, is most prevalent during the winter months and is usually treated with albuterol delivered via inhalers, despite evidence showing no benefit in most patients. A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) redesigned the hospital’s standard treatment for the infection and reduced albuterol use without compromising care.

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