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<p>Croup is most common in children younger than 3, with the peak age around 2. Croup occurs most often in winter.</p>

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers Unveil Key Mechanism in Immune System’s Fight Against Disease

Jan 9, 2025

Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania unlocked important new insights in how the immune system selects the right signals to alert T cells, a vital step in the prevention and treatment of serious illness. The findings were published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Vaccine News & Notes — January 2025

Jan 8, 2025

A report estimates that vaccines were directly responsible for a 40% decrease in infant deaths over the last 50 years. Find out more. You'll also learn about the rates of long COVID and about antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Ukraine.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers Develop New Tool with Potential to Advance Precision Medicine Treatment for Cancer

Jan 3, 2025

Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania developed a new screening technology, Aptamer-based T Lymphocyte Activity Screening and SEQuencing (ATLAS-seq), to better identify antigen-reactive T cells that are more likely to offer greater immune responses against cancer cells.

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