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Children's Hospital Los Angeles Celebrates a Dog Therapy Program of the Highest Pedigree

The Amerman Family Foundation Dog Therapy Program at Children's Hospital Los Angeles hosted “Dog Therapy Appreciation Day” celebrating the special connection between CHLA and its therapy dog team.
25-Apr-2025 6:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Launches First-of-its-Kind Sleep App and Sleep Registry for Children Using Apple Watch

Children's Hospital Los Angeles is launching the first sleep registry in the country for children using Apple Watch as well as a new data collection app called WISE-HARE, or Wearable Intelligent Sensor Enhancement Home Apnea Risk Evaluation.
22-Apr-2025 5:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Experts to Present at 2025 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles experts are set to speak at nearly 80 sessions and poster presentations at the 2025 Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) meeting April 24-28 in Honolulu.
21-Apr-2025 6:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Artificial Right Atrium for Fontan Patients Wins Key Funding

Researchers from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have received key funding to support their work on a novel device: an artificial right atrium for patients with a Fontan circulation. The...
17-Apr-2025 11:20 AM EDT Add to Favorites

CHLA to Train First Responders in Helping Individuals With Disabilities During Natural Disasters

The Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD), the Advocacy Council and Allies for Deaf Children, and the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) have developed a new curriculum,...
16-Apr-2025 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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A $25 Million Gift Establishes the Stein Tikun Olam Early Connections Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

The Tikun Olam Foundation of the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles has awarded a $25 million gift to establish the Stein Tikun Olam Early Connections Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). This program will be one of the first...
15-Apr-2025 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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A 67-Year-Old Donor’s ‘Sliver of Liver’ Saves a Baby’s Life

Children's Hospital Los Angeles’ Liver Transplant Program has the best outcomes for pediatric liver transplants in the country.
14-Apr-2025 6:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

What Does Whooping Cough Sound Like?

A CHLA specialist in infectious diseases explains the symptoms and sounds of whooping cough, and why vaccination is critical.
11-Apr-2025 6:10 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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Recognizing and Overcoming Postpartum Depression

Having a baby is a life-changing experience filled with emotion. It can bring great joy, fulfillment, and a sense of purpose, but also feelings of sadness, irritability, self-doubt, inadequacy, and exhaustion. When the negative feelings begin to...
10-Apr-2025 9:25 AM EDT

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Genome Sequencing Finds Answers to Mystery Conditions in the NICCU

When a critically ill infant is admitted to the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Newborn and Infant Critical Care Unit (NICCU) at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, it can be for an underlying genetic cause for the baby’s symptoms. The hard...
8-Apr-2025 9:15 AM EDT

Children's Hospital Los Angeles Cardiologist Honored by World Children’s Transplant Fund

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles cardiologist Jondavid Menteer, MD, was honored with the World Children’s Transplant Fund “WCTF for the Children Award.” The prestigious award recognized Dr. Menteer for 20 years of dedication and leadership in...
24-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT

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As FDA Expands Approval of a New Gene Therapy to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a CHLA Expert Weighs in

After previously approving its use for a limited population, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now approved Elevidys, a gene therapy designed to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), for a broader range of child patients.
8-Jul-2024 9:05 AM EDT

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Pediatric Pulmonologist Leads Translational Research to Treat Chronic Airway Infections in children with Cystic Fibrosis

Dr. Burgener, a pediatric pulmonologist who joined CHLA last summer from Stanford University, studies cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic disorder that affects the lungs, pancreas and other organs.
15-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT

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11-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST

Neonatologist Travels to China to Share ECMO Experience

This spring, Rachel Chapman, MD, traveled to two cities in China to share expertise on one of the most complex lifesaving interventions for critically ill newborns: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).Dr. Chapman, Associate Division Chief of...
3-Aug-2023 7:05 PM EDT

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