2022
January
06,
2022
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13:44 PM
America/Chicago
It started with a sore throat, then she lost her voice. Three days later test results confirmed Haylee Richard, 16, a Denison High School junior, had Covid-19.Her mom, Hillary Richard, was concerned, but not overly. She kept an eye on her eldest daug...
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2021
September
03,
2021
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10:12 AM
America/Chicago
“I just felt like I was coming home and I had full confidence everything was going to be okay,” Amber Bartek said with tears in her eyes.Home is many things for different people, but where most people feel ‘at home’ usually comes with a sense of safe...
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May
03,
2021
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14:47 PM
America/Chicago
The need for a dedicated infectious diseases unit appeared on Cook Children’s radar several years ago when Ebola first made its way to U.S. shores. As the hospital prepared for potential patients, clinical staff identified a number of challenges and ...
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February
13,
2021
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10:05 AM
America/Chicago
Rebecca Benson had a feeling the weather predictions would be wrong when she woke up Thursday, Feb. 11. As she suspected, no winter storm arrived overnight to cancel school for her two children. Like any other day, she quietly put on her scrubs while...
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2020
December
23,
2020
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12:14 PM
America/Chicago
Melodie Davis pulls into the north garage just before 8 a.m. She parks on the fifth floor and unloads large bags full of gifts from the back of her white SUV.“These are a couple of toys for our PICU and TCU families,” she says, donning a plaid scarf ...
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December
02,
2020
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15:02 PM
America/Chicago
Hospitalizations of children for COVID-19 thankfully remain low, but new data shows Hispanic children in North Texas are disproportionately affected. As of Oct. 31, 53% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients at Cook Children’s were Hispanic, while 27% wer...
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November
18,
2020
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14:53 PM
America/Chicago
As of today, 20 COVID-19 patients are being treated at Cook Children's. This marks the highest number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients at the medical center since the beginning of the pandemic. These patients range in age from under 1 year old to 17...
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2019
August
20,
2019
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10:36 AM
America/Chicago
By Dr. Diane Arnaout
Earlier this summer, my 17-year-old patient Tryston just wasn’t feeling like himself.
“I was tired all the time. My energy was low. I was losing some weight.”
Then, things quickly turned downhill. He started having chill...
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2015
May
13,
2015
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10:46 AM
America/Chicago
Recently, Teresa Clark, chief nursing officer at Cook Children’s, went on her safety rounds. She stopped everything she was doing on one of the medical floors when a preschool aged patient walked up to Clark with arms open wide for a hug.
Clark co...
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