News & Stories
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March 23, 2018
The Government of Ontario invests $2.4 billion to build the SickKids of the future
SickKids has received a commitment from the Government of Ontario of up to $2.4 billion to build a world-class state-of-the-art facility for patients and families. This historic and significant investment will enable SickKids to deliver leading-edge care to the most critically ill children in Ontario for generations to come.
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March 23, 2018
Celebrating 25 years of Therapeutic Clowning at SickKids!
Last week SickKids celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Therapeutic Clowning Program with a special carnival themed birthday party to honour our clown family.
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March 21, 2018
SickKids named one of Canada’s Top Family-Friendly Employers for 2018
SickKids has been named one of Canada’s Top Family-Friendly Employers for 2018! In particular, SickKids was recognized for offering new moms and dads (including adoptive parents) maternity and parental leave top-up (84 to 93 per cent of salary) and for providing staff with up to $2,400 in financial support for IVF treatments.
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March 15, 2018
Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians visits SickKids
Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians visited The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) yesterday during a royal visit to Toronto – part of the first Belgian state visit to Canada in over 40 years.
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March 15, 2018
Food insecurity associated with unhealthy eating habits in preschoolers
Using data gathered by TARGet Kids!, researchers at SickKids examined if parent report of difficulty buying food, a potential marker of food insecurity, was associated with body mass index (BMI) and eating habits in young children.
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March 14, 2018
Engineering curiosity: How the SickKids Robotics Club is introducing patients to STEM
Curious laughs and giggles spread throughout the classroom when a special guest paid a visit to the SickKids Robotics Club last month. The program hosted Toronto Police Const. Nick Sword and a robot from The Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Explosives Response Team (CBRNE).
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March 7, 2018
International Women’s Day 2018: Claudia Schauer’s global child health journey
Global health is undergoing tectonic shifts. Claudia Schauer reflects on her global child health journey helping aid developed countries improve malnutrition among children.
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March 7, 2018
Social workers change lives one question at a time
Whether it be brief therapy, psychosocial support, psychotherapy, advocacy, or case management, social workers provide essential mental health supports to patients and families at SickKids.
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March 1, 2018
Acute kidney injury occurs in approximately one-third of children that receive a heart, lung, liver or multi-organ transplant in the first year following transplant, and is associated with significantly greater risk of developing chronic kidney disease, according to a new study from SickKids.
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March 1, 2018
SickKids identifies one case of Mycobacterium chimaera infection
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) has identified one case of Mycobacterium chimaera infection, a type of nontuberculous mycobacterium (“NTM”), likely linked to a heater-cooler device used during a cardiovascular surgery prior to 2016.
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February 27, 2018
Canadians living with cystic fibrosis have better lung health than their American and European counterparts and their lung health has been improving over time according to a new study from SickKids.
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February 23, 2018
SickKids researchers bust commonly held myth about medulloblastoma
In a new study published online in Cell on February 22, 2018, SickKids scientists have discovered medulloblastoma can spread the same way the vast majority of cancers spread: through the blood.