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Washington, DC, Oct. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Children’s National Hospital and the Gilbert Family Foundation today announced a new $8 million, five-year grant to support groundbreaking research...

Washington, DC, Oct. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Children’s National Hospital once again ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World ReportRanked in all specialties, with top 10 honors...

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Children’s National Hospital welcomes Ethan Leonard, MD, MBA, as the new senior vice president for the Hospital Based Specialties (HBS) Center of...

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- An 11-year-old boy is the first in the world to have an artificial heart valve replaced with a live tissue valve from a donated heart through a...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For the fourth consecutive year, President Joe Biden joined First Lady Jill Biden to bring joy to patients, families and staff at Children’s...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Special Populations Acceleration, Research and Knowledge (SPARK)—a BARDA Accelerator Network Hub for Innovations in Pediatrics, led by...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In emergencies, children have distinct needs. Yet 83% of emergency departments (EDs) nationwide are not fully prepared to meet them. A new study...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pain assessment in medicine often relies on imprecise visual rating scales featuring smiling or crying faces, frustrating patients and physicians...

Washington, D.C., Oct. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Children’s National Hospital is expanding its partnership with Dubai Health, Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital in the United Arab Emirates...

Washington, D.C., Oct. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For the first time, adults living with congenital heart disease (CHD) now have valuable insights into their long-term quality of life through data...