You’ve seen the news reports, so what’s the real story with delayed drowning and dry drowning in children?

Written by Connecticut Children’s Physician, Chris Carroll, MD, MS Summer is here, and with it comes a perennial worry for parents: drowning. This fear is justified, as drowning is the second most common cause of death in children aged 1-14 years, and is potentially preventable. Following a recent tragic death of a child in Texas, […]

June 27, 2017

Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Among Best in the Nation!

At Connecticut Children’s, our physicians are changing the way children with Crohn’s disease are treated. We’re also home to the nation’s first pediatric integrative transplant clinic. These distinctions are just two reasons U.S. News & World Report ranked Connecticut Children’s among [...]

May 30, 2017

Connecticut Children’s Opens High-Tech, High-Touch Playroom

Patients at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center now have a state of the art, high-tech playroom where they can play and be a kid. The inpatient playroom on the 8th floor of the hospital was recently renovated to a Lion’s Den Room, an interactive space where patients can connect with their classmates and [...]

May 9, 2017

Connecticut Children’s Announces Recipients of 2017 Hayley Petit Injury and Violence Prevention Fellowships

The Connecticut Children’s Injury Prevention Center is proud to announce the four outstanding women who will receive The Hayley Petit Injury and Violence Prevention Fellowship for the summer of [...]

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Our own Dr. Nicholas Bennett discusses the importance of educating when it comes to vaccines. https://t.co/WqsHnSThRM

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