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Jan 22, 2024
New Study Finds Liquid Laundry Detergent Packet Exposure Burden among Young Children Remains; Increase in Exposures among Older Children, Teens, and Adults
A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Central Ohio Poison Center investigated trends in calls to poison centers across the country for exposures to liquid laundry detergent packets. The study investigators identified declines in the number, rate and severity of liquid laundry detergent packet exposures among children younger than 6 years. However, the exposure burden remained high. Additionally, exposures have increased among older children, teens and adults.
Jan 18, 2024
Jerry Mendell, MD, Announced as King Faisal Prize Laureate in Medicine
Jerry Mendell, MD, senior advisor in the Center for Gene Therapy in the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, is this year’s recipient of the King Faisal Prize for Medicine for his contributions toward the screening, diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular diseases, including spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and limb girdle muscular dystrophy.
Jan 09, 2024
Nationwide Children’s Hospital Redesignated with American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognition®
The American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program® has awarded Nationwide Children’s Hospital its fifth consecutive Magnet Designation. The ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® recognizes health care organizations worldwide for their commitment to nursing excellence and innovation. There are just over 600 Magnet designated hospitals in the world, with less than 1% having achieved this honor five or more times.
Jan 08, 2024
Tickets for Butterfly Guild’s Production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
COLUMBUS, Ohio – For its 66th annual production, Butterfly Guild of Nationwide Children’s Hospital is pleased to announce Disney’s Beauty and the Beast will take place on March 1, 2 & 3, 2024 at Columbus’ historic Palace Theatre located at 34 W. Broad St.
Dec 20, 2023
Central Ohio’s First Proton Therapy Center Opens to Treat Children and Adults
Today Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) celebrated the opening of the proton therapy center, the first treatment facility in central Ohio offering this highly targeted form of radiation therapy for treatment of complex tumors that cannot be removed through surgery.
Dec 11, 2023
Nationwide Children’s Hospital Becomes Authorized Treatment Center for Sickle Cell Gene Therapy
Nationwide Children’s Hospital has been designated an authorized treatment center for CASGEVY™ (exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel)), a gene therapy for the treatment of sickle cell disease.
Dec 07, 2023
Toledo Health Systems Partner to Improve Housing in Lucas County
Nationwide Children’s - Toledo, Mercy Health and ProMedica are partnering to address the social, economic and environmental factors that impact the health of children and families in the Toledo community. Each system has invested in social determinants of health individually but during recent months agreed to work together to have a stronger impact on addressing these critical issues that affect childhood and overall community health. Working collaboratively with community organizations, these local hospital systems will improve housing affordability and quality, support lead remediation and reduce lead exposure for families in northwest Ohio.
Dec 06, 2023
Breathing New Life into the Holidays: A Double-Lung Transplant Patient Defies the Odds
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – For most children and adults, a case of the flu can be uncomfortable but manageable, with typical symptoms and recovery. Unfortunately, influenza can be severe and cause life-threatening complications.
Dec 01, 2023
The Worthington Companies Foundation and The McConnell Foundation Donate $7.5 Million to Nationwide Children’s Hospital to Advance the Most Promising Research Breakthroughs
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Nationwide Children’s Hospital announced a generous gift of $7.5 million from The Worthington Companies Foundation and The McConnell Foundation to create The Worthington Companies Pediatric Research Fund.
Nov 28, 2023
How Can Health Care Systems Research Improve Health Equity?
In the United States, health care inequities based on racial and ethnic sociodemographics are pervasive and persistent. Research has shown the systems that deliver health care have both contributed to and maintain these disparities. Quality improvement programs and health policy innovations have led to modest improvements in equity, but research on which approaches work best and how to scale promising programs is limited.