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“Nationwide, we lose enough infants to fill up three kindergarten classrooms per week,” said Sharon Evans, trauma injury prevention manager at Cook Children’s Health Care System. “That’s 3,700 lives lost per year.”

Every caregiver wants to protect their children from disappointment, failure and heartbreak. But what if some of those difficult experiences are exactly what children need to grow? In this episode of For …

For Michael Williams, living with sickle cell disease has meant navigating pain, uncertainty and medical challenges from a very young age. Now, after receiving gene therapy at Cook Children’s, he is looking toward a future he once could not …

Today's caregivers have access to more parenting and health information than ever before. But with endless social media feeds, online searches and conflicting advice, many families are finding themselves overwhelmed instead of informed. In …