Nationwide Children's News Releases

Aug 13, 2012

TWIG of Nationwide Childrens Hospital Announce Holiday Cards Artwork Contest

Is your child, grandchild, niece or nephew a budding artist? Have them submit holiday artwork for the 2012 Holiday Cards Contest! Each year, TWIG of Nationwide Children’s Hospital selects pieces of children’s artwork and creates beautiful holiday cards, which are then sold to raise

Aug 13, 2012

Center for Injury Research and Policy Awarded CDC Injury Control Research Center Designation for an Additional Five Years

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has renewed the designation of the Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital as one of the agency’s Injury Control Research Centers (ICRCs).

Aug 09, 2012

Nationwide Childrens Hospital Honored by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Leadership in Organ Donation

Nationwide Children’s Hospital recently earned the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Silver Medal of Honor for its leadership in organ donation.

Aug 06, 2012

New Study Examines Injuries to U.S. Workers with Disabilities

A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University compared medically attended noncccupational and occupational injuries among U.S. workers with and without disabilities.

Aug 06, 2012

Nationwide Childrens Hospital Tests, Trains School Staff on How to Respond to Kids Severe Allergy Attacks

Many children with severe allergies carry injectable epinephrine (EpiPens) – syringes filled with epinephrine to delay an allergic reaction – but the EpiPens sometimes require the help of an adult to dispense.

Aug 02, 2012

Ohio Dominican University and Nationwide Children's Hospital Partnership Alters the Landscape of Sports Medicine in Central Ohio

Ohio Dominican University (ODU) is proud to announce a new partnership with Nationwide Children’s Hospital to provide exceptional sports medicine services and education to student-athletes.

Aug 01, 2012

Nationwide Childrens Hospital Opens New Close To Home Center in Springfield

Nationwide Children’s Hospital recently opened a new Close To HomeSM Center in Springfield, OH. Effective August 1, 2012, the new facility will feature ChildLab laboratory services with extended hours and pediatric specialty clinics. Located at 1644 N.

Jul 27, 2012

Nationwide Childrens Hospital Earns Spot on Hospitals and Health Networks 2012 Most Wired List

Nationwide Children’s Hospital was named one of the most wired hospitals in the country in Hospitals and Health Network’s 2012 Most Wired list. This prestigious list includes more than 200 hospitals around the country who have proven to be leaders in healthcare information technology.

Jul 25, 2012

Media Advisory: Dairy Queen Serves Cold Treats to Benefit Patients and Families at Nationwide Childrens Hospital

WHAT: Representatives from central Ohio Dairy Queen stores visit Nationwide Children’s Hospital, along with Brutus Buckeye from The Ohio State University, for a ribbon cutting ceremony to open the ‘Ice Cream Parlor’ in the Clinical Therapies Gym Local Dairy Queen stores donated

Jul 23, 2012

RNA Interference May Provide the First Therapy for Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

Scientists may one day be able to treat the third most common muscular dystrophy, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), by taking advantage of a system within living cells that helps control gene activation.