Peter Hotez, president of the Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair in Tropical Pediatrics, put the spotlight on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the Central African Republic (CAR) through a recent op-ed piece in the Huffington Post. With just more than five million people, CAR is considered one of the most remote Read More…
By Dr. Tiffany McKee-Garrett When a baby is born, parents want nothing more than to love and protect their child. Part of that protection starts right after birth with the administration of a vitamin K injection. Babies are not born with sufficient vitamin K levels and cannot get adequate amounts of vitamin K from breast Read More…
Eva and Jay Heintz were enjoying a blissfully uneventful twin pregnancy in Hammond, LA, when their world was turned upside down at Eva’s 19-week check-up. Her MFM specialist detected polyhydramnios in one twin’s sac and oligohydramnios in the other twin’s sac and quickly made the diagnosis of Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS). From there, the bad Read More…
More than 200 physicians, nurses and operating room staff attended the 5th annual Edmond T. Gonzales Jr., Surgical Research Day at Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women on May 9. The event provided a forum for researchers to unveil their work highlighting remarkable advancements in the field of pediatric surgery. “Surgical research, both basic and clinical, Read More…
Nearly 2,500 make up the nursing team at Texas Children’s. Representing the largest segment of our workforce, nurses play a significant role in almost every aspect of the patient and family-centered care we provide across the system. Each year, National Nurses Week is dedicated to these men and women who work tirelessly every day to Read More…
