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Dr. Manish Sadarangani is co-principal investigator of Canada's Immunization Monitoring Program ACTive (IMPACT) network, which is conducting a new study that's monitoring the effects of COVID-19 and the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines in Canadian children and adolescents.

We are pleased to announce the Boris Kuzeljevic Summer Studentship award in memory of Boris Kuzeljevic.

Hematopoietic stem cell transplant saves the life of an 18-year-old with profound combined immunodeficiency.

A new understanding of how Ewing sarcoma tumours travel through the body has the potential to prevent metastatic spread in a number of cancer types.

Dr. Manish Sadarangani is co-lead of a national study that will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of using two different vaccines for the first and second dose and increasing the interval between doses.

Dr. James Lee and colleagues found that virtual health in a pediatric neurology setting during the COVID-19 pandemic provided reliable, accessible and efficient patient care.

Should pregnant people get vaccinated? Will vaccines be given to children? Leading vaccine experts at BC Children's answer pressing questions.

While chemotherapy and radiation are essential treatments for overcoming medulloblastoma , finding new ways to treat the disease more effectively could lessen the later-in-life impacts of treatment and ensure more children survive.

The contents of a baby's first diaper can reveal a lot about a newborn's future health.

A team that includes Dr. Poul Sorensen, an investigator with the Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program at BC Children's Hospital, has won an award from the American Association for Cancer Research

Dr. Oberlander co-edited a new book called “Prenatal Stress and Child Development,” which covers current knowledge in the field of prenatal stress.

A new study led by researchers from the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit found girls in rural B.C. communities with poor access to local mental health services are at the highest risk of intentionally poisoning themselves. The most common substance used was non-opioid painkillers and the second most common substance used was medication for anxiety and depression.

Dr. Pascal Lavoie and his team compared the immune responses of babies to those of COVID-19-negative adults from Metro Vancouver. The antibody reactivity to SARS-CoV-2 in almost all of these adults was up to 100-fold higher compared to the infants at second blood sera collection. The researchers estimate that between 90-99 per cent of adults have positive antibody reactivity to SARS-CoV-2 antigens.

Linda Warner has been named Gold Apple Health Care Hero by the 2020 BC Health Care Awards.

New research suggests that body-checking behaviours — like frequent weighing or scrutinizing one's body in the mirror — could be key targets for eating disorder prevention programs. 

The BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit is promoting safe storage of cannabis products during Poison Prevention Week, March 21 to 27.

There are approximately 1-2 kids with developmental coordination disorder in every Canadian classroom. A new study finds that when these kids are given a choice regarding their own treatment goals, the outcomes are likely to be better.