The statistics are startling. Sudden Unexpected Infant Death is the number one cause of death in babies aged 29 days to one-year-old. BJC hospitals that care for newborns are working hard to change those stats.
States where parents have hesitated to inoculate their children against Covid-19 are now ordering fewer doses of the vaccines for children under 5 than others, underscoring the challenge facing the Biden administration as a highly transmissible variant sweeps the nation.
We’ve taken another important step in the battle against COVID-19! Vaccines are now approved, recommended and available for all those 6 months and older! That’s right! Now anyone 6 months or older can receive this important layer of protection against the virus. For parents concerned about any risks, Dr. Jason Newland, Washington University pediatric infectious […]
U.S. News & World Report has again ranked St. Louis Children’s Hospital-Washington University School of Medicine among America’s Best Children’s Hospitals. The publication ranked St. Louis Children’s among the top 10 percent nationally (No. 15) and No. 1 in the state of Missouri.
Antibiotics inappropriately prescribed to nonhospitalized children resulted in at least $74 million in excess health-care costs in the U.S. in 2017, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Missouri health officials say they are investigating about 10 cases of a mysterious form of hepatitis that has sickened hundreds of healthy, young children across the U.S., the United Kingdom and several other countries.
Michelle Butler was just over halfway through her pregnancy when her water broke and contractions wracked her body. She couldn’t escape a terrifying truth: Her twins were coming much too soon.
Back in third grade, when Max was introduced to his classmates as the person he really was — a boy — many of his teachers, neighbors and friends didn’t know what the word transgender meant.
A story published yesterday by Food & Wine, titled “This Is the Next Great Food City, According to Our Readers,” no doubt generated clicks from foodies across the country. To anyone who’s kept up with the national restaurant press, the winner was no surprise, as St. Louis’ culinary star has been ascending for several decades.
As the community mourned multiple children killed by gunshots in the last week, hospital leaders joined city officials in encouraging families to use gun locks and other safety devices for their firearms.