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UVA Pediatrician Explains How COVID-19 Vaccines for Youngest Kids are Being Tested

COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 look like they are on the way and should be useful, pediatrician Dr. Debbie-Ann Shirley writes.

UVA Today

UVA Pediatrician Explains How COVID-19 Vaccines for Youngest Kids Are Being Tested
Conor standing wearing a backpack and a mask

Boy Wonder

A liver transplant gives Conor the chance to grow up healthy and, one day, help other kids like him.

Kelly Casey

Boy Wonder
UVA Starts Interdisciplinary Program to Improve Care for Autism and Other Disabilities

UVA Starts Comprehensive Program to Improve Care for Autism and Other Disabilities

Professors Micah Mazurek and Beth Ellen Davis will lead the new program designed to improve the health and well-being of affected children, especially in rural and underserved areas.

UVA Today

UVA Starts Interdisciplinary Program to Improve Care for Autism and Other Disabilities
Study Reveals Confusing Mishmash of Newborn Bathing Practices at US Hospitals

Study Reveals Confusing Mishmash of Newborn Bathing Practices at US Hospitals

Newborn skin care – including the timing of a baby’s first bath – could have lasting effects on skin health and even infection rates, but there is little consensus around which methods and products are best.

UVA Today

Study Reveals Confusing Mishmash of Newborn Bathing Practices at US Hospitals
New York Yankees Honor UVA Children’s Patient

New York Yankees Honor UVA Children’s Patient

The New York Yankees honored Rockingham County’s Luke Post for his fundraiser to support patients being cared for at UVA Children’s.

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New York Yankees Honor UVA Children’s Patient