Read health tips from our experts as well as stories by patients, families and staff about kids’ health and their experiences at Children’s Minnesota.
You’re invited! Make your mark on Children’s Minnesota history by joining our centennial sidewalk mural event on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024! We’re excited for our community to bring their creativity and fun as we celebrate our past, present and future!
Meet Meghan Fiala. In 1989, when Meghan was just 9 months old, she was diagnosed with acute myolegenous leukemia (AML). Thanks to the care she received at Children's Minnesota, Meghan has been in remission since November 1990 and is now thriving.
Brandon Majerus was born with a congenital heart defect that required emergency heart surgery only 12 hours after he was born. Twenty-two years later, he finally met the surgeon who saved his life as a baby.
The lactation team at Children’s Minnesota identified a lack of breastfeeding support specialized in the needs of preterm infants after they are discharged from the NICU. To bridge the gap from hospital to home, the team developed a program that allows families to connect virtually to lactation consultants from the comfort of their own home.
The role of the Council is to advise the state legislature and governor on issues confronting African communities in Minnesota, ensuring that the community's voices are heard at the highest levels of state governance.
The grant was presented during a Handprint Ceremony, the signature event of Hyundai Hope On Wheels, in which children impacted by cancer dip their hands in paint and place their handprints on a white Hyundai vehicle.
Children’s Minnesota has been recognized as one of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals in 2024 in the specialty of pediatric oncology and hematology by Newsweek and market research firm Statista.
In honor of our 100th anniversary, we're sharing compelling stories from the Children’s Minnesota archives. Here, we continue with the 1970s.
While most babies already leave the NICUs at Children’s Minnesota on their mother’s milk, the goal is to get the numbers even higher. To do just that, Children’s Minnesota began a new initiative in December 2022 called Project HOME (Home on Milk Every Time).
It isn’t every day that a newborn’s heart reaches 320 beats per minute, requiring the life-saving collaboration of two hospitals’ staff, and leading to a 155-mile helicopter ride from Duluth to Minneapolis. But that was how Baby Bennett spent some of his earliest days.