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What Parents Should Know About the Delta Variant

What does the Delta variant mean for children? Lurie Children's infectious diseases experts answer common questions.

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Infant head shape abnormalities: Q&A with Lurie Children’s experts

A child’s soft skull in their first two years of life leaves them vulnerable to developing abnormal head shapes. 

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Importance of Medical Foods and the Alphabet Soup of Inborn Errors of Metabolism

For people with inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) medical foods are a necessity, much more than a recommendation for good health. 

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Lurie Children’s Sets Hospital Record with Three Heart Transplants in 48 Hours

Typically, the hospital performs 2-3 heart transplants per month.

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What is Pectus? Q&A with Lurie Children’s Chest Wall Experts

Children with chest wall abnormalities can find relief at the region’s most experienced Chest Wall Deformities Program. 

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Millie Marks 100 Fetal Surgeries for CIFH with Fetoscopic MMC Procedure

Alyssa and Simon said their world stopped last fall when their baby was diagnosed with the most severe form of spina bifida, myelomeningocele. 

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