Boston Children’s Hospital

Seven-year-old Liza Scott is a spunky kid and full of energy. She’s in good spirits despite receiving devastating news several weeks ago that turned her whole world upside-down. That news is what brought Liza and her family from Homewood, Alabama, to Boston Children’s Hospital. “About a month ago she had some pretty massive seizures,” Liza’s mother, Elizabeth Scott said....

A family is traveling to Boston Children’s Hospital hoping to help a little girl fighting off a rare and life-threatening condition. Seen-year-old Liza Scott started business to help cover the cost of her expensive treatment.

Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital are trying to develop a fentanyl-based vaccine to help prevent opioid-related deaths.

Do you have questions about the coronavirus vaccines? Now’s your chance to ask an expert. We’re being joined at 10 a.m. Wednesday by Dr. Ofer Levy, director of the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and a member of the FDA’s COVID vaccine advisory committee. Follow along here or contribute your questions by commenting on our live video...

Boston Children’s Hospital has named Dr. Kevin B. Churchwell as its next CEO, promoting him from being the hospital’s president and chief operating officer. The board of trustees’ vote to name Churchwell CEO was unanimous, the hospital said in a news release Monday. “As our new CEO he will build on his impressive set of achievements over the past...

A mysterious illness that may be linked to COVID-19 is affecting children in Boston and elsewhere.

The Poison Control Center at Boston Children’s Hospital is getting 50% more calls about disinfectants and bleach amid the coronavirus crisis.

A nationwide study is underway researching coronavirus survivors, and two Boston hospitals are playing a key role. “The study is really an unprecedented effort to get a deep, deep look at how coronavirus interacts with the human immune system,” said Dr. Ofer Levy, a principal investigator with the project. Patients from across the country, including Boston, will be followed for…

Kristen Williams and son Hunter talk about the 5th Annual Hunter’s Run 5k & Fun Run. At just 12 years old Hunter has had over 100 surgeries, including two double lung transplants. The race honors Hunter’s health journey and raises money and awareness for organ donation and Boston Children’s Hospital. For more information, visit huntersrunfoundation.org/race-details.

On Monday February 24th Boston will light up blue! Visit http://giving.childrenshospital.org for a wristband.

Boston Children’s Hospital wasn’t medically negligent in its treatment of a Connecticut teen who spent nearly a year in state custody after doctors suspected her parents of medical child abuse, a jury in Boston concluded Thursday.

A Suffolk County jury found doctors at Boston Children’s Hospital were not negligent in caring for a Connecticut teenager whose parents sued after she was placed in a psychiatric ward for nearly a year.

Opening statements began Tuesday in a medical malpractice trial involving a Boston hospital and the family of a Connecticut teen who was placed into state custody after a dispute over her diagnosis. The family of Justina Pelletier has filed a lawsuit against Boston Children’s Hospital, saying Pelletier, then 14, was placed in Massachusetts state custody and “held against her will”…

Opening statements began Tuesday in a medical malpractice trial involving Boston Children’s Hospital and the family of a Connecticut teen who was placed into state custody after a dispute over her diagnosis in 2013.

Opening statements will begin in court after Boston Children’s Hospital was accused of medical malpractice by a Connecticut family.

A lawsuit filed by the family of a Connecticut teen who was placed into state custody after a dispute over her diagnosis and put in psychiatric unit is scheduled to start Tuesday. The suit was brought by the parents of Justina Pelletier against Boston Children’s Hospital and those who treated their daughter, The Boston Globe reported Monday. “Justina has...

Jury selection is underway in a lawsuit over a diagnostic dispute at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Track and field is facing a painful and public reckoning with the treatment of some female athletes. Former teen running star Mary Cain’s account this week of alleged physical and emotional abuse at the recently disbanded Nike Oregon Project is prompting more top athletes to come forward. Amy Yoder Begley, a 10,000-meter runner, said Friday she was told she had...

Sentencing was set to begin Friday for the Massachusetts woman convicted in the death of a 6-month-old baby in 2014. Pallavi Macharla had her initial second-degree murder conviction reduced to involuntary manslaughter in the March 2014 death of Ridhima Dhekane. Judge Kenneth Fishman said his decision to reduce the verdict was because he could not permit the murder conviction to...

A 5-year-old Massachusetts girl who was once in critical condition with the potentially deadly EEE virus has been released from a Boston hospital after a month. Sophia Garabedian, of Sudbury, was in critical condition after being diagnosed with the mosquito-borne illness Sept. 3.