Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
19104-4399
United States
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437 articles about Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Experts Issue Recommendations for Equitable Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccine
11/19/2020
CHOP-led paper outlines five principles that would allow for equity, transparency, accountability, availability and access
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Establishes Adzick-McCausland Distinguished Chair in Fetal and Pediatric Surgery
11/19/2020
William H. Peranteau, MD, fetal surgeon and researcher, will be inaugural chair holder
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CHOP Fetal Program Wins Two Awards for Excellence in Patient and Family Experience
11/18/2020
Awards from Press Ganey highlight care provided by the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment and its Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit
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Pediatric Cancer Researchers Receive $1.3 Million to Study Precise Treatment for Neuroblastoma
11/16/2020
Grant awarded to CHOP and Gustave Roussy to support phase 3 clinical trial developed by Children's Oncology Group and International Society of Paediatric Oncology Europe Neuroblastoma Group, representing first-ever collaboration between North American and European neuroblastoma consortia
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CHOP Genomic Study Reveals Role for Hypothalamus in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
10/29/2020
--Integrating 3D genomics with publicly available, genome-wide genetic data, researchers uncovered genetic correlations between IBD, stress, and depression--
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New COVID-19 Projections Show No Signs of Outbreak Abating in Midwest & Mountain States
10/21/2020
New COVID-19 case projections and county-level test positivity data released by PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia forecast a continued deteriorating situation throughout the Midwest and Mountain States, raising greater concern for major cities such as Chicago, Indianapolis and Denver.
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Study Reveals Disparities in Key Early Intervention Referrals for Developmental Delays
10/16/2020
Improved screening practices could decrease disparities by increasing referrals for developmental delays in traditionally underserved communities
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New COVID-19 Projections Show Resurgence Risk Moving North to South, Some Stabilization in Northeast
10/14/2020
Updated COVID-19 case projections released by PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia show parts of the Southeast and Southwest will see infection rates rise significantly over the next four weeks as the early fall wave expands beyond the northern areas of the country to blanket much of the nation.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Opens Gender and Sexuality Development Clinic in New Jersey
10/12/2020
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is proud to announce the opening of a Gender and Sexuality Development Clinic at its Voorhees Specialty Care Center in New Jersey.
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New COVID-19 Projections Show Resurgence Risk Now Present in Northeast and New England
10/7/2020
New COVID-19 case projections released by PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia show the resurgence risk blanketing much of the Midwest, Heartland, and Mountain States over the past few weeks has spread into the Northeast, where testing positivity rates have jumped and forecasts look worse for the next four weeks.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Recognized for Exemplary Disability Hiring and Employment Practices
10/5/2020
The National Organization on Disability (NOD) Announces 2020 Leading Disability Employers at Event Marking the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
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New COVID-19 Projections Show Fall Resurgence Risk Spreading Across Northern States More Quickly Than Anticipated
9/30/2020
Updated COVID-19 case projections and county-level testing positivity rates released by PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia show transmission risk has rapidly increased across much of the northern U.S., including the Pacific Northwest and Midwest, with increasing risk now moving into New York and other parts of the Northeast.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Joins 38 U.S. Health Systems to Declare: It is Undeniable, Racism is a Public Health Crisis
9/28/2020
CHOP and 38 other health systems in 45 states and Washington, DC have committed to addressing racism and the public health disparities caused by racism
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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