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• New COVID-19 Projections Show First Signs of Colder Weather Creating New Risk for Resurgence

  9/23/2020

   New COVID-19 case projections released today  by PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) show increasing resurgence risk across the Upper Midwest and into the Mountain States over the next four weeks, suggesting cooler weather may accelerate the spread of the virus this fall. Meanwhile, projections for southern

• CHOP Researchers Find MIS-C Associated with Myocardial Injury

  9/21/2020

  --Long-term effects of MIS-C on cardiac function will need further study, as myocardial injury could have implications for future sports participation--   [21-September-2020]   PHILADELPHIA , Sept. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Using sensitive parameters to assess cardiac function, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have found that cardiac involvemen

• New COVID-19 Projections Forecast Relative Stabilization Across Most U.S. Counties through Mid-October

  9/16/2020

  Updated COVID-19 case projections released by PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia forecast a stable or improving situation over the next four weeks for most of the counties that the model follows, including across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic where case counts and test positivity rates had been high for some time.

• New COVID-19 Projections Show Mixed Picture of Community Spread from College Campus Outbreaks

  9/9/2020

  New four-week COVID-19 case projections released by PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia suggest some outbreaks on college campuses will lead to increased community spread, while other schools will be likely to contain transmission.

• Small Study Shows Convalescent Plasma is Safe to Use in Pediatric Patients with COVID-19

  9/8/2020

  The first study to report on convalescent plasma in life-threatening cases of the virus makes the case for a larger, randomized trial

• New COVID-19 Projections Show Improvements in California & Florida, School & University Reopenings Further Threatening Midwest

  9/2/2020

  Updated COVID-19 projections released by PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia show improving four-week forecasts for most counties throughout Florida and California, states that led the summertime surge in case counts across the U.S.

• Theodore Laetsch Joins Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to Launch Very Rare Malignant Tumors Program

  9/1/2020

  A national leader in pediatric oncology research and treatment, Dr. Laetsch will also lead CHOP's Developmental Therapeutics Program

• New COVID-19 Projections Raise Continued Concerns for the Midwest, Northeast & Major College Towns

  8/26/2020

  New COVID-19 projections released by PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia reveal large Midwestern cities will likely enter the fall with weekly case incidence counts nearly 10 times the rate of infection as when many European economies and schools reopened last spring.

• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Opens Nicholas and Athena Karabots Primary Care Center in Norristown

  8/26/2020

  Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is proud to announce the opening of the Nicholas and Athena Karabots Primary Care Center Norristown.

• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Celebrates National Dog Day by Welcoming Its First Facility Dog

  8/26/2020

  Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has officially welcomed its first, full-time trained facility dog, who will help ease anxiety and reduce stress for young patients and their families.

• New Treatment Developed by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Shows Success in High-Risk Solid Tumors

  8/24/2020

  -- CHOP-engineered therapy overcomes common drug resistance and has potential to elicit fewer toxicities than most cancer treatments -   [24-August-2020]   PHILADELPHIA , Aug. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --   Despite intensive treatment, high-risk solid tumors like neuroblastoma, Ewing sarcoma, and rhabdomyosarcoma are challenging to cure because the disease in those high-risk

• Fewer Serious Asthma Events Recorded in Philadelphia Area Following COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Orders

  8/20/2020

  Philadelphia and its surrounding counties issued a series of "stay-at-home" orders on March 17, 2020 in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19.

• Study Finds Signs of Altruism in People's COVID-19 Worries, Putting Concerns about Others First

  8/20/2020

  Survey also found that mental resilience can significantly reduce the impact of stress on mental health during the pandemic

• County-level COVID-19 Projections Show Troubling Shift Toward Resurgence in North and Midwest

  8/13/2020

  Updated COVID-19 projections released by PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia show that while spread of the virus is slowing in some hotspots like Arizona and Florida, it is continuing to take hold in the north and Midwest, overshadowing positive developments that have emerged and creating risk of widespread transmission in places that had previously worked hard to reduce case counts.

• Researchers Combine Genetic Information with Electronic Medical Records to Pinpoint When Epilepsies Affect Children

  8/11/2020

  Assessing clinical data across the lifespan identified the impact of genetic epilepsies on affected children's lives

• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Earns HAP Achievement Award

  8/10/2020

  Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announced that it has earned an Achievement Award from The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania in the category of "Community Champion."

• Algorithm Created By "Deep Learning" Identifies Potential Therapeutic Targets Throughout Genome

  8/6/2020

  Researchers from NJIT and CHOP identified sites of methylation that could not be found with existing sequencing methods

• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and MOREHealth Announce Agreement to Offer Remote Second Opinions

  8/5/2020

  Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and MOREHealth, a global healthcare company, announced their new agreement that enables patients access to CHOP's exceptional physicians through MOREHealth's Physician Collaboration Platform™.

• County-level COVID-19 Projections Improve Following New Masking, Distancing Requirements

  8/5/2020

  New COVID-19 projections released by PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia show clear evidence that mitigation efforts recommended by the White House Coronavirus Task Force are working to reduce risk of continued widespread transmission in states that have adopted them.

• Experts from Across the U.S. Issue Back-To-School Safety Guidelines for Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

  8/4/2020

  Decisions should be made on a case-by-case basis, but return to school may be possible for majority of SOT children