Pediatrics

COVID-19 vaccine cuts risk of disease in half when administered during pregnancy

A large multistate study, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) VISION Network, has found that COVID-19 vaccination given during pregnancy offered 52 per cent protection, cutting risk of a COVID-19-associated emergency department or urgent care visit in half. This is...

The race is on to protect infants from RSV this season

Ottawa mother Jessica Cohn still vividly remembers crumpling to the hospital floor when a team of doctors told her that her one-month-old may need to be intubated. Her healthy full-term newborn son Eitan had been diagnosed with RSV, a highly contagious virus that can...

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Bursary supports bereavement midwifery research

Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) midwife Spencer Sawyer could be the first hospitalist midwife in...

How Peer Support empowers “our kind of nursing” at SickKids

The Peer Support and Trauma Response program at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)...

World first discoveries allow researchers to accurately diagnose prenatal exposure syndromes and birth disorders

Researchers at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and Lawson Health Research Institute are using...

Need for streamlined miscarriage care in Canada

Miscarriage, or early pregnancy loss, can have devastating emotional effects, but it is poorly...

Ontario youth experiencing increasing levels of psychological distress and inability to cope

One-in-six students report serious thoughts of suicide in the past year. The Centre for Addiction...

Combatting high blood pressure in kids globally through big-data research

Young adults who had undiagnosed and unmanaged high blood pressure as children face a...

Listeria in pregnancy can be deadly

With the recent listeria cases and food recalls in the news in Canada, it...

Babies get faster care from expanded newborn screening program

Like most babies, Nathan Bonner had his tiny foot pricked to collect a drop...

Hospital News’ Annual Pediatric Supplement

Everyone living in Canada desires and deserves a healthy life. We collectively imagine a...

The early years last a lifetime

Every child develops differently. Many meet their developmental milestones; some don’t. A 2015 Ontario...

The Extensive Needs Service is transforming lives

Kairo, who was prone to self-injurious and eloping behaviours, can now go to the...

Sunnybrook leads in clinical outcomes for the sickest and smallest babies

Amit and Natasha Arora recall their fear during their son’s 135-day stay in Sunnybrook’s...

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Working toward achieving the Quintuple Aim using holistic patient data

A new demonstration study from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) combined patient-reported...

COVID-19 vaccine cuts risk of disease in half when administered during pregnancy

A large multistate study, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s)...

Federal needle exchange programs are to reduce health care costs, blood-borne infections

New research suggests that every dollar spent in Prison Needle Exchange Programs (PNEPs) in...

AI-powered algorithm brings more accuracy to hospital discharge predictions

Accurately predicting when a patient will be ready to go home is at the...