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Investing in Faculty Excellence

Rush University celebrates five recent endowed faculty appointments and three endowed faculty scholar positions established and made possible by philanthropy
Standing, fom left to right: Dirk Gillespie, PhD; Fotios Asimakopoulos, MB BChir PhD (Cantab); Julie Anne Hoff, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN; Carlos F. Bechara, MD, DFSVS; and Augusto Miravalle, MD.
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
Doctor speaks to crowd
Children’s Health

First Weeks Crucial to Breastfeeding Success

Researchers uncover medical and practical reasons moms cut short their plans to breastfeed their newborn
Woman in hospital breastfeeding baby
Children’s Health

Measles: What You Need to Know

The vaccine provides long-term protection against the potentially severe, highly contagious virus
Woman with measles scratching arm
Children’s Health

Rush Named Batten Disease Clinical Center of Excellence

Rush is one of nine centers named in the national program
Clinical Center of Excellence and Affiliate member
Children’s Health

Most Sudden Infant Deaths Involve Unsafe Sleep

Suffocation accounts for 1 in 4 deaths, Rush report finds
Baby sleeping
Children’s Health

‘Time Is Neurons:’ A Family’s Fight Against an Ultra-Rare Disease

Facing extreme obstacles, families with loved ones who have rare diseases are pushing for easier access to treatment and diagnosis
photograph showing the arms of two people administering an infusion to someone
Children’s Health

Back-to-School Health Checklist

Your guide to a happy, healthy, stress-free back-to-school season
A young boy with a backpack smiles at the front of a line of children waiting to board a yellow school bus.
Children’s Health

New Therapy May Restore Fragile X Protein in Human Cells

The new therapy offers hope for restoring a protein that is critical to brain function
Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, MD, PhD
Pregnancy & Childbirth

Nurse Home Visits Help Moms and Newborns

Family Connects program aims to improve infant, maternal health
Sharon Hayes and newborn daughter Jillian