Seasonal Allergies or Something More? Seattle Children’s Helps Parents Distinguish the Difference

Stuffy nose, sneezing, and itchy or watery eyes are a few indications that a child may be suffering from allergies. These symptoms are most often triggered during the spring and summer months but it can sometimes be tough to differentiate the cause among other illnesses that tend to spread this time of year.   On […]

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A Cool Approach: Why Seattle Children’s NICU Puts Babies ‘On Ice’

For newborn babies recovering from a difficult birth resulting in a brain injury, Seattle Children’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) team employs a surprising therapy — they lay some babies “on ice.” On the Pulse shares how this cooling treatment can help newborns heal and stop further damage from happening. About hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy In 2022, […]

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Celebrating the Diverse Perspectives of the Autism Community this Autism Acceptance Month

Autism Acceptance Month is a time to foster inclusion of the autism community. This goes beyond simply promoting education about the differences and abilities of people with autism— it is a commitment to understanding, respecting, and celebrating those differences and abilities from across the diverse range of the autism spectrum. Seattle Children’s Autism Center holds […]

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Seattle Children’s Launches Pioneering Immunotherapy Clinical Trial Targeting Four Antigens at the Same Time to Combat Pediatric Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors

Seattle Children’s Therapeutics has launched BrainChild-04, a first-in-human phase 1 clinical trial that will be our first chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell clinical trial that targets four antigens at the same time, by delivering CAR T cells directly to the brain. The trial is for children, teens, and young adults with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma […]

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Seattle Children’s Therapeutics Marks Milestone Moment in Fight Against Childhood Cancer

Seattle Children’s, an international leader in the effort to better treat cancer in children, teens and young adults by boosting the immune system with immunotherapy, has reached a new milestone by enrolling its 500th patient in its chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy clinical trials in 10 years. T cells play a key role in […]

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Craniofacial Experts from Seattle Children’s Make Global Impact for Kids with Cleft Lip and Palate

Every year, Seattle Children’s Craniofacial Center treats hundreds of children with craniofacial conditions and rare syndromes. Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common kinds of birth defects in the United States, and affects more than 1 in 1000 newborns around the world. The lip and palate (roof of mouth) form in early […]

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Anxiety and Depression: The Most Common Questions Asked by Parents

Anxiety and depression are two of the most common mental health conditions seen and treated at Seattle Children’s. Although sometimes confused, they are different classes of disorders. Some of the confusion stems from an overlap in symptoms and in fact, people often experience both at the same time. Dr. Kalina Babeva and Dr. Sonia Venkatraman, […]

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Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic’s Dr. Shaquita Bell Receives 2023 Award for Native American Child Health Advocacy

Senior Medical Director of Seattle Children’s Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic (OBCC), Dr. Shaquita Bell, has been awarded the 2023 Native American Child Health Advocacy Award by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Native American Child Health (CONACH). The esteemed award is presented each year to an individual who has made significant contributions toward promoting […]

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University of Washington Softball and Football Teams Pay Special Visit to Seattle Children’s Patients

Seattle Children’s patients and families were surprised when some exciting visitors stopped by from University of Washington (UW) Athletics. The 17 women on the UW Softball team each brought a pair of white cleats to be designed by a patient, and the team will wear their custom cleats during the televised Cal series on the […]

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Jiana Is Seizure Free After Epilepsy Surgery at Seattle Children’s Leads to the ‘Best Out of the Worst Situation’

When Jiana was born in August 2021, she appeared to be a typical, healthy newborn baby. “I still remember her pediatrician called her a textbook baby,” recalled Latika, Jiana’s mom. Unfortunately, that normalcy was short lived. On her first day home from the hospital, Jiana’s parents noticed their daughter was twitching. “We were first-time parents […]

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