Santa makes a pre-Christmas stop at BC Children’s to spread holiday cheer | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/child%20in%20onc%20unit%202.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Santa makes a pre-Christmas stop at BC Children’s to spread holiday cheer | St. Nick arrived via air ambulance, giving his reindeer a break before the busy Christmas Eve. | http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/santa-makes-a-pre-christmas-stop-at-bc-children’s-to-spread-holiday-cheer | | 2021-12-17T08:00:00Z | | |
Q&A with BC Children's nurse who helped rescue family caught in B.C. mudslide | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/kathleen%20story%20pic%202.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Q&A with BC Children's nurse who helped rescue family caught in B.C. mudslide | Kathleen Sullivan was driving home from the Okanagan with her boyfriend when she was trapped between mudslides along Highway 7. She used her nursing skills to help treat many people, who were hit by the slide and seriously injured. | http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/q-a-with-bc-childrens-nurse-who-helped-rescue-family-caught-in-b-c-mudslide | | 2021-12-14T08:00:00Z | | |
Walking your child through a COVID-19 vaccination appointment | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/66019664815__4643326A-88E0-40F4-A124-12B485505B3C.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Walking your child through a COVID-19 vaccination appointment | Children typically aren’t fond of needles and can pick up on anxiety around COVID-19 vaccination. Read helpful tips from the BC Centre for Disease Control and BC Children’s Hospital. | http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/walking-your-child-through-a-covid-19-vaccination-appointment | | 2021-12-09T08:00:00Z | | |
Myocarditis, pericarditis and the COVID-19 vaccine | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/GettyImages-1253086008.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Myocarditis, pericarditis and the COVID-19 vaccine | In B.C. and elsewhere in Canada, there have been a small number of reports of heart inflammation in youth following vaccination with a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. An expert at BC Children’s Hospital weighs in on the developments. | http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/myocarditis-pericarditis-and-the-covid-19-vaccine | | 2021-12-06T08:00:00Z | | |
Children five and up can be immunized for COVID-19 in B.C. | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/main%20image.jpg" width="530" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Children five and up can be immunized for COVID-19 in B.C. | Parents can register their children aged five and older for COVID-19 vaccination appointments. Read what BC Children’s Hospital pediatricians have to say. | http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/children-5-and-up-can-be-immunized-for-covid-19 | | 2021-11-19T08:00:00Z | | |
Help your child cope with pain better | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/childkind%20photo.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Help your child cope with pain better | Supporting a child or youth experiencing pain can be challenging and overwhelming, but a new BC Children's Hospital webpage can help you find the resources you need. | http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/help-your-child-cope-with-pain-better | | 2021-11-15T08:00:00Z | | |
World experts: Recognizing the team dedicated to studying pediatric hip problems | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/hip%20team.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | World experts: Recognizing the team dedicated to studying pediatric hip problems | They’re considered content experts in the area of pediatric hip conditions. Learn how BC Children’s Hospital's HIPpy Research Team helps children locally and around the world. | http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/world-experts-hip | | 2021-11-04T07:00:00Z | | |
Keeping kids safe on Halloween during the COVID-19 pandemic | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/GettyImages-1272121763.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Keeping kids safe on Halloween during the COVID-19 pandemic | How can you celebrate Halloween safely this year? The main piece of advice is to keep gatherings small and outside. Read more tips from the BC Children’s experts. | http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/keeping-kids-safe-on-halloween-during-the-covid-19-pandemic | | 2021-10-26T07:00:00Z | | |
The BC Children’s ED is busy with respiratory viral illnesses | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/GettyImages-1326265614.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | The BC Children’s ED is busy with respiratory viral illnesses | The BC Children’s Hospital Emergency Department (ED) is seeing more respiratory viruses than usual and we’re just starting to see the beginning of the predicted rise in respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. | http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/the-bc-children’s-ed-is-busy-with-respiratory-illnesses | | 2021-10-20T07:00:00Z | | |
Reaching out to the vaccine hesitant | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/GettyImages-1301013220.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Reaching out to the vaccine hesitant | We checked in with those who attended PHSA’s very first COVID-19 vaccine clinic earlier this year to encourage health-care workers today who may be vaccine hesitant to get their shot. | http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/reaching-out-to-the-vaccine-hesitant | | 2021-10-05T07:00:00Z | | |