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Food Pantry CHOP

Feeding kids with food allergies can be expensive. So CHOP opened a pantry to help families access allergen-free staples

Children's Health

Peanut allergies have declined since doctors began recommending early exposure

Peanut allergy kids

Justice Department subpoenas CHOP for info on transgender patients under 19

CHOP Subpoena Transgender

Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and his family donate $50 million to boost autism research at CHOP and Penn Medicine

Lurie Autism Institute

Driver who fatally struck CHOP doctor on her bike pleads guilty to DUI

DUI Crash Friedes

CHOP gets record $125 million gift from Comcast CEO Brian Roberts to help fund new patient tower

CHOP Patient Tower

'Audrey's Children' trailer teases how CHOP doctor co-founded first Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia

Audrey Evans biopic

Biopic about groundbreaking CHOP physician Audrey Evans to hit theaters in March

audrey's children premiere audrey evans

Medical residents at four Philly hospitals join growing trend in effort to unionize

Philly Residents Union

Conjoined twin boys, born last year with a shared liver, successfully separated by CHOP surgeons

CHOP Conjoined Twins

Two more Philly schools will get CHOP mental health services for students with anxiety, depression and other disorders

CHOP Philly Schools

A Bucks County mom gave birth to a premature baby on a Caribbean vacation, and a CHOP team flew in to save the day

Lindsey Offner Family

Escaped prisoner Shane Pryor apprehended on SEPTA bus in North Philly, police say

Shane Pryor apprehended

Escaped prisoner Shane Pryor fled University City with help of another teen, police say

Shane Pryor Diggs

Additional measles cases confirmed in Philly; city health centers to provide free MMR vaccines

Measles MMR vaccine

Philly health officials have confirmed 4 measles cases since late December; others may have been exposed

Measles Philly CHOP

20 decorated trees to be displayed in Christmas Village for inaugural CHOP fundraiser

festival of trees christmas village

Eagles players' next Christmas album will benefit CHOP, Children's Crisis Treatment Center

Eagles 2023 Christmas album

Children's Health

Children from poor neighborhoods are more likely to develop asthma, study finds

Asthma Neighborhoods Study

Coalition that aims to improve diversity among Philly's doctors receives grant from IBX Foundation

Diversity Doctors Philly

Penn Medicine to open mental health care hub at former Mercy Hospital

Penn Medicine mental health

Children's Health

New 'peanut patch' could help toddlers with allergies build tolerance

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Dr. Audrey Evans, a pioneering childhood cancer researcher at CHOP, dies at 97

Audrey Evans Obit

Dr. Audrey Evans biopic tells story of groundbreaking CHOP physician and Ronald McDonald House co-founder

CHOP makes progress on plan for 14-story Schuylkill Avenue Research Building next to Roberts Center

CHOP Main Building

CHOP develops ADHD diagnostic tool that distinguishes the disorder from related conditions

CHOP ADHD Study

Children's Health

New research hub to address Philly's childhood asthma, lead poisoning rates

Philly environmental health

Scientists expect COVID-19 to become endemic, but a new report stresses the U.S. is far from the 'next normal'

King of Prussia Restaurant Week returns in April to benefit Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

King of Prussia Restaurant Week

Children's Health

It's OK if some families aren't ready to go maskless, CHOP doctor says

COVID-19 mask children

The youth mental health crisis needs immediate action, CHOP doctor tells Congress

Children's Mental Health Crisis

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia named America's best large employer by Forbes

Children's Hospital Philadelphia Forbes

Children's Health

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia opens Middleman Family Pavilion in King of Prussia

CHOP King of Prussia hospital

CHOP updates COVID-19 guidance, says schools should 'prioritize' in-person learning during omicron surge

COVID in Schools

Children's Health

Febrile seizures can scare parents, but they're usually mild

Febrile seizures

Jill Biden visits COVID-19 vaccination clinic at CHOP

Children's Health

COVID-19 has shortened hospital stays for childbirth – and that change may be worth keeping

COVID-19 Childbirth Hospital

Long-term marijuana use can cause uncontrollable vomiting – and such cases appear to be increasing

marijuana use

Children with COVID-19 breathe out unique biomarkers, CHOP study finds

COVID-19 breath tests

Children's Health

Just months from opening, here's a quick look at CHOP's new King of Prussia hospital

CHOP's King of Prussia Hospital

Children's Health

CHOP pediatric center adds interactive murals that foster creativity

CHOP interactive mural

CHOP ranked second-best children's hospital in the nation by U.S. News and World Report

CHOP hospital ranking

Period poverty remains a critical, yet overlooked, health issue, advocates say

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