Kids & outdoors: Tips to keep them safe, treat injuries
Dr. Gigi Chawla provides safety tips for preventing and treating injuries.
Children’s Stories
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.
Kids’ pain under recognized, undertreated
The New York Times published a story on its health blog about how children's pain often has been mismanaged, particularly in the U.S.
Infection prevention experts recommend no FluMist nasal spray, only flu shot
Studies showed that for the past three flu seasons FluMist failed to provide the same level of protection as a flu shot.
Minnesota girl celebrates final round of PPB chemo
Lainee Balsimo has received treatment at Children's for pleuropulmonary blastoma, a rare form of lung cancer found in 30-50 kids in the U.S. each year.
Children’s Minnesota Top Doctors recognized by Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
The 20th edition of the list includes nearly 864 doctors from across the Twin Cities, and 205 from Children's.
12 tips to help keep kids safe this summer
With warm weather upon us, we compiled a list of basic tips, with help from our injury prevention experts, to keep kids safe all summer.
Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing
Children's Minnesota assists in the launch of a new campaign, "Talking is Teaching,” which aims to boost brain growth and language skills in kids.
Families find healing in giving back
If you would like to donate to Children's Minnesota, please contact annual giving officer Brady Gervais at [email protected] or 952-992-5512.
Children’s Pedcast: Car seat safety standards and crash tests
Dex Tuttle digs into the meaning of federal safety standards, crash tests and what, if anything, cost has to do with car seat quality.
Dario beat cancer twice, but his greatest accomplishment is building a family
Dario Chavez was unsure he'd ever biologically father a child due to the chemotherapy he received while being treated for cancer.