SickKids

• Jesse’s Journey awards $1.7M to 4 research projects, largest amount in charity’s history

  Among the research projects receiving funding is one led by SickKids president and CEO Dr. Ronald Cohn using the revolutionary gene-editing technique CRISPR-Cas9.

  Health

  May 4
• Toronto’s SickKids Hospital to open ICU admissions for young adults with COVID-19

  SickKids hospital is opening up an eight-bed ICU unit in preparation to take young adult patients, if needed, it said.

  Health

  Apr 7
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• Why a Halifax psychologist says more guidance is needed for Canadian parents as COVID drags on

  Children living in toxic environments face the highest risk of developing negative long-lasting effects to their psychology.

  Health

  Mar 2
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• Whitby hockey player defeats cancer, launches SickKids fundraiser

  After a six-month battle with cancer, 11-year-old Tiya Bainbridge is cancer-free and raising funds to help other kids going through the same fight.

  Health

  Feb 24
• ‘I’ve felt discrimination’: Black leaders in the medical community call for change

  COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Black Canadians. We speak to medical workers, experts about the measures needed to tackle racial problems in Canada’s health-care system.

  Perspectives

  Feb 24
• ‘Kids are not all right’: Mental health among Ontario children deteriorating during COVID-19

  ``We found that roughly 70 per cent of children experienced deterioration of their mental health.''

  Health

  Feb 2
• Toronto’s SickKids hospital report urges more masking, distancing for schools planning to reopen

  Experts at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children say schools need to ramp up COVID-19 testing and masking in order to have all kids return to the classroom as soon as possible.

  Education

  Jan 21
• Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on Jan. 21

  Here are the latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Thursday.

  Health

  Jan 21
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• New ‘shadow pandemic’: How COVID has contributed to a surge in eating disorders in young children

  The hospital said not only are patients suffering from EDs becoming younger but they're also presenting "sicker and more underweight" than before the pandemic began.

  Health

  Jan 21
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• Toronto hospital capacity crunch prompts pediatric transfers to SickKids to make space

  Toronto hospitals are transferring some young patients to SickKids hospital to make room for adult COVID-19 patients.

  Health

  Jan 8