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The Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) and The Toy Foundation (TTF) have selected St. Louis Children’s Hospital as a recipient of a $25,000 grant to help purchase safe, mobile sensory toys, activities and equipment for our Child Life Services team to better support our patients with ...

Tiny deer ticks can carry a harmful bacteria that causes Lyme disease. This bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, can be transmitted to humans if a person receives a bite from an infected tick. Once the body is infected, the bacteria enter the blood stream and multiply. As ...

Selective dorsal rhizotomy surgery allows many cerebral palsy patients to walk unassisted for the first time St. Louis, MO (January 28, 2019) – St. Louis Children's Hospital Center for Cerebral Palsy Spasticity, led by internationally renowned neurosurgeon Dr. T.S. Park, has reached a historic milestone ...

One magical night each year, your neighborhood becomes your children's dreamland -- full of chocolate, caramel, lollipops and taffy. That night is Halloween, of course, and by the end of the trick-or-treating, you may be amazed at the amount of candy filling your little ones' ...

The Pediatric Epilepsy Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital specializes in corpus callosotomy, a surgical procedure that helps with the frequency and severity of seizures. To learn more, call us at 314-454-KIDS (5437). ...

The St. Louis Children’s Hospital mobile hearing and speech clinic provides pediatric hearing and speech services to children in need. The mobile unit serves children from birth to 21 years old who require audiologic follow-up after failed or missed hearing screenings, or when hearing concerns ...

Septoplasty is surgery to fix a septum, the wall that divides the nose into two sides. It is made of soft cartilage and bone and is covered with a mucous membrane. A deviated septum is when the septum is not in the middle. ...

Trick or treating is fun, but knowing when it’s safe for kids to go alone is challenging. We break down key safety habits for kids this Halloween. ...

Has an animal bitten your child? Use the St. Louis Children's Hospital symptom checker to determine if you should call the doctor or treat the animal bite at home. ...

Has your child's fluid intake decreased? Use the St. Louis Children's Hospital dehydration symptom checker to determine if you should call the doctor or treat at home. ...