Bundling up your bundles of joy Laura Fitzmaurice, MD, Chief, Emergency Medical Services, explains how to protect children in freezing temperatures.
Get the facts on Rotavirus Ken Wible, MD, pediatrician, with Children's Mercy explains what rotavirus is and how to prevent it.
Flu Shots
Learn why health officials recommend that healthy children as young as 6 months receive flu shots.
Children's cold medicines, are they safe? Just in time for cold and flu season, there’s more news about children's over-the-counter cough and cold medicines. Let the experts at Children's Mercy help you treat your littlest patient safely.
Get the facts on BPA
The FDA recommends additional research to address the potential low dose effects of bisphenol A.
Headlines
Children's Mercy to Participate in Task Force on Best Practices for Pediatric Weight Management Programs Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics is one of 16 hospitals chosen by The National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) to participate in a task force to identify best practices of hospital-based clinical pediatric weight management programs.
Pediatric Environmental Health Unit Now Based at Children's Mercy
The Mid-America Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (MAPEHSU), a program dedicated to providing expert clinical, consultative, education and referral services to improve children's environmental health, is now based at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics. This is one of only 11 such units located in the U.S., and this unit serves a four-state area which includes Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska.
