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Doctor speaks to crowd
Children’s Health

Once a Week in Cook County, Another Sleeping Infant Dies

Rush and Medical Examiner’s Office open SIDS Awareness Month by unveiling five-year report that uncovers lessons for protecting infants

Sharon Hayes and newborn daughter Jillian
Pregnancy & Childbirth

Nurse Home Visits Help Moms and Newborns

Family Connects program aims to improve infant, maternal health

Gummy bears infused with cannabis
Children’s Health

More Children Ingesting Cannabis Edibles

Toddlers’ exposure soars as legal access grows, study finds

Liver and hepatitis
Children’s Health

Hepatitis and Adenovirus: What Parents Should Know

Physicians are investigating recent cases of liver inflammation in children

A Rush physician plays Connect 4 with a Rush pediatric patient
Children’s Health

Pediatric Welcome Questionnaires Provide Key Connections

Rush pediatricians launch project to complete key screening in advance using MyChart and technology tools

MIS-C in children
COVID-19

Children Can Suffer Severe Illness After COVID-19

COVID-19 surge could lead to more multisystem inflammatory syndrome cases in children

Mother and teenage son
Patient Stories

Tyler’s Story

Coping with Crohn's disease: a patient, his mom and his doctor tell the story

Rush News Article
COVID-19

The Right Time to See a Primary Care Clinician

Why now, in the wake of COVID-19, is the right time to develop a relationship with a family physician

Hand Wash Kids
COVID-19

Do You Know How to Wash Your Hands?

Using the correct technique is the best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19

Quinlan microwave
Children’s Health

Rush Advocates for Burn Prevention Honored

A pediatrician and his team focused on making microwave ovens safer for young children