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04/22/2013

Understanding and solving the mysteries of tuberculosis and malnutrition, seeking answers that will help develop and improve outcomes for childhood cancers — these are some of the important new research projects underway at the Children’s Discovery Institute.

03/29/2013

Starting May 6, Parkland Health Center will serve as home-base for a St. Louis Children’s Hospital KidsFlight helicopter and mobile intensive care unit, as well as a Children’s Hospital clinical transport team.

02/04/2013

St. Louis Children's Hospital has a new president.  Joan Magruder, who has served as president of Missouri Baptist Medical Center, will become president of St. Louis Children’s Hospital March 1.

11/19/2012

A six-day-old baby from Emporia, Kansas was the first to travel to St. Louis Children’s Hospital while receiving ECMO. ECMO is an advanced treatment that uses a pump and oxygenator to deliver oxygen to vital organs – doing the work in place of failing heart and lungs.