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There's no one better to describe the special care St. Louis Children's Hospital provides than our patients and their families. They can tell you not only about their medical problems, but also about the concern, comfort and expert treatment they received at our hospital. From ...

What in the world does that have to do with hand washing you ask? Singing that song takes 15 seconds which is how long everyone should wash their hands to help prevent the spread of germs that can cause you and your family to become ...

The St. Louis Children’s and Washington University Heart Center offers a dedicated Pediatric Cardiac Device Clinic for children with heart arrhythmias who have implanted devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators. ...

As the use of e-cigarettes has risen dramatically in the United States in recent years, so have calls to poison centers about them. Yet many parents who use e-cigarettes—or “vape”— aren’t aware of the dangers to children, according to a new study at Washington University ...

If a child understands how pinworms get inside our bodies, hand washing becomes a regular habit. We can thank this little nematode, Enterobius vermicularis, otherwise known as the human pinworm. ...

SCID is a group of very rare, life-threatening diseases that are present at birth. The disease causes the child to have very little or no immune system. ...

Free gun lock kiosks now available across BJC It’s a record and distinction no one wanted. In 2022, St. Louis pediatric hospitals led the nation in the number of children seen in the emergency room with a firearm injury. BJC HealthCare is working to lower ...

Group B streptococcus (strep) is a type of bacteria. It can be found in the digestive tract, urinary tract, and genital area of adults. GBS infection usually does not cause problems in healthy women before pregnancy. But it can cause serious illness for a newborn ...

The goal is to ensure that the medications designed to combat infections while these tiny patients are in the newborn intensive care unit (NICU) don’t compromise their ability to stave off illness when they are older. ...

U.S. News & World Report has again recognized St. Louis Children’s Hospital and its physician partners at WashU Medicine among America’s Best Children’s Hospitals, ranking St. Louis Children’s No. 1 in Missouri, No. 1 in St. Louis, and No. 3 in the Midwest region. ...