A few years before Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia launched the Community Asthma Prevention Program (CAPP) in 1997, our colleagues in the Emergency Department sent weekly tallies of how many patients from CHOP’s original off-site primary care practice at 39th Street came to the ED for asthma-related problems.

CHOP’s Food Pharmacy 2.0, launched in March 2021, is an expansion of the original Food Pharmacy (FP), which offered healthy food to food-insecure families with a child in the Healthy Weight Program.

I think we are seeing the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel—I sure hope so! It’s been a long slog, but I hope all of you are safe and happy and well.

Get ideas about ways to increase vaccination rates in your practice.

Since March 2020, CHOP researchers have played a vital role in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. Read highlights of their game-changing work.

CHOP and Penn collaborate to establish a unique center that provides continuity of care for children with glomerular disease.

Our three new fellows reveal what makes Philly such a great place to live and work.

CHOP researchers found that children with Fontan circulation are slightly shorter than their peers, but further studies are needed to determine whether this effect is long-lasting.

CHOP researchers authored an editorial in JAMA Pediatrics on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth mental health.

A collaborative team of researchers, including Dr. Stephan Grupp, recently presented preliminary data showing that a CRISPR-based gene-editing therapy for inherited blood disorders is safe and effective.