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November
21,
2023
| 09:30 AM America/Chicago

KCTV 5: 4 Kansas City nurses save man's life while on European vacation

By Nathan BrennanFour Kansas City nurses are back at work after a vacation they won’t forget.At a 13,000 thousand-foot elevation inside a European cave, a man experienced a heart attack, turning …
November
20,
2023
| 08:32 AM America/Chicago

KSHB 41: Ronald McDonald House Charities to expand inside Children's Mercy

By Sam HartleAn increase in the number of families needing a place to day during medical care opened the door for an expanded partnership between Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City and …
November
17,
2023
| 14:05 PM America/Chicago

Sporting Kansas City: Sporting KC and Children's Mercy continue RED CARD anti-bullying campaign

By Patrik BergaboSporting Kansas City and Children’s Mercy recently hosted 14 RED CARD anti-bullying assemblies across the Kansas City metro as the two organizations reinforced their campaign against …
November
15,
2023
| 09:58 AM America/Chicago

KCUR: Kids are flooding into Kansas City ERs for mental health issues, and hospitals need help to keep up

By Noah TabordaOn any given day, Children’s Mercy Kansas City will see about 24 children in the emergency room with behavioral or mental health issues.The most common mental health disorders that …

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It's Giving Tuesday!

November
28
,
2023
| 11:45 AM America/Chicago
The nation’s youth are facing an unprecedented mental health crisis. More than 15 million children need mental health services, but only 30 percent receive care. In the Kansas City region, those …
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Donors invest in the future of children's health: Children's Mercy endows five extraordinary faculty and colleagues

October
26
,
2023
| 08:32 AM America/Chicago
Children’s Mercy formally invested five endowed faculty positions in the fields of healthy lifestyles, clinical pharmacology, neurology, surgery and developmental and behavioral health at the Fall …
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Doctors invest in the future of children's health: Children's Mercy Kansas City endows five extraordinary faculty and colleagues

April
21
,
2023
| 08:05 AM America/Chicago
Children’s Mercy Kansas City formally invested five endowed faculty positions in the fields of cardiology, neonatology, orthopedic surgery and molecular medicine at the 2023 Investiture Ceremony on …
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Illumina: Children's Mercy Kansas City tackles the unique complexity of pediatric cancer

March
23
,
2023
| 09:28 AM America/Chicago
“Pediatricians like to say children are not little adults, and accordingly, pediatric cancer is not just the miniature form of adult cancer,” says Midhat Farooqi, MD, PhD, Director of Molecular …
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November
27,
2023
| 09:00 AM America/Chicago

Children’s Mercy Kansas City Behavioral Health Clinicians Integrated in Community Primary Care Practices

To help tackle the youth mental health crisis, Children’s Mercy Kansas City announced it has launched a pilot program to embed behavioral health …
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November
07,
2023
| 15:25 PM America/Chicago

Children's Mercy Kansas City Transitions Leadership of Children's Mercy Research Institute

Children’s Mercy Kansas City announces new leadership of the Children’s Mercy Research Institute (CMRI). Rob Lane, MD, MS, neonatologist and …
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October
06,
2023
| 08:05 AM America/Chicago

Children’s Mercy Kansas City First to Use 5-Base HiFi Genomic Sequencing in the Clinical Setting

Children’s Mercy Kansas City, one of the nation’s leading independent pediatric health organizations, announced it is the first health care system to …
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