Research conducted by Nemours Children’s Health played a pivotal role in the recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Otarmeni (lunsotogene parvec-chwa), a gene therapy for a rare form of genetic hearing loss.

A summer lemonade stand allowed 6-year-old Lucy Johnson to do more than check an activity off her bucket list. It gave her an opportunity to support the four-legged friend who has helped make her hospital treatments less frightening.

An East Texas family is celebrating a medical miracle after their two-year-old daughter, who was born profoundly deaf, underwent a revolutionary surgery at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando that has restored her hearing little by little.

As your child grows older, you might be wondering when kids can sit in the front seat of a car. We turned to pediatricians to learn more about vehicle safety.

R. Lawrence Moss, MD. President and CEO of Nemours Children’s Health (Jacksonville, Fla.): At Nemours Children’s Health we embrace the fact that medical care is an important but small part of creating health for populations of children. We are proud to be investing deeply in kindergarten readiness not only for our patients but for every child who lives in our service area.

We talked with Stuart Mackenzie, MD, from Nemours Children's Hospital in Delaware about choosing an orthopedic surgeon, how they can help "quarterback" a hypochondroplasia health care team, and healthy habits for young people with the condition.

Nemours Children’s Health has named a former digital healthcare company CEO, Patrice Harris, as its new executive vice president and chief health impact officer.

“I believe this makes [somatrogon-ghla] a viable long-term choice for the children and families we see with short stature due to GH deficiency,” Nelly Mauras, MD, director of research at Nemours Children’s Health in Jacksonville, Florida, told Healio. “The responses were sustained and comparable to daily GH.”

The Advanced Delivery Unit at Nemours Children’s Health in Wilmington, Delaware, takes cues from hospitality projects to ensure expectant mothers have a comfortable stay.

St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, owned by Tower Health and Drexel University, has signed a non-binding letter of intent to form an alliance with three other health systems - Nemours Children’s Health, Jefferson Health and Temple Health - to support strong pediatric care across the city of Philadelphia.

A viral social media trend involving squishy toys is sending a growing number of children to hospital burn units.

Former Tennessee Titans safety and Rhodes Scholar Dr. Myron Rolle is making major moves off the field. In a press release on Monday, the NFL Players Association announced that Nemours “pediatric neurosurgeon, former NFL safety and Rhodes Scholar Dr. Myron L. Rolle has joined the union in strategic advisory roles focused on player health, brain cognition and preventive care across the player lifecycle.”

A Nemours program trained pediatric residents to conduct autism evaluations, improving confidence and helping families access care sooner.

It’s important to remember that clingy behavior is developmentally appropriate and a sign of a child’s secure attachment among the infant, toddler, and preschool set, according to Danika Perry, PsyD, a pediatric psychologist at Nemours Children’s Health.

The hospital’s leadership emphasizes investing in people, technology, and strategic integration of sterile processing department (SPD) with perioperative services.

Through its Advanced Care at Home program, Nemours Children's Health built an Epic-integrated operating model to coordinate workflows, expand capacity and support care delivery.

In this episode, Nicole Johnson, DNP, MBA, RN, NE-BC, CPEN, Chief Nursing and Patient Operations Officer at Nemours Children’s Health, joins the podcast to discuss how strong work environments and engaged nurses contribute to better patient outcomes. She shares why nursing recruitment and workforce development remain top priorities, along with how expanding virtual nursing programs can support care teams and improve the patient experience.

Pediatric hypertension is a significant concern because it can persist into adulthood and contribute to cardiovascular complications and shorter life expectancy, said Catherine Haut, DNP, CPNP-AC/PC, FAANP, FAAN, director of nursing research and evidence based practice at Nemours Children's Health in Delaware. With a lack of evidence to support treatment of hypertension in children, providers may base treatment on adult recommendations, said Haut.

In this episode, R. Lawrence Moss, MD, FACS, FAAP, President and Chief Executive Officer, Nemours Children’s Health, discusses why investing in childhood health can transform long-term outcomes for society, the role of healthcare systems in addressing social determinants of health, and Nemours Children’s innovative work in kindergarten readiness and pediatric global budgeting.

“Another big reason is that most of your vaccines are earlier in childhood, so there is a stretch of time where, outside of yearly influenza and COVID vaccines, there are years where no other vaccinations are recommended,” states Mark Murray, MD, physician in charge, Nemours Children’s Health in Media, Pennsylvania.

In this episode, Caswell Samms III, Executive Vice President and CFO of Nemours Children’s Health, discusses financial priorities for 2026, including purposeful growth, Medicaid reimbursement pressures, and strategic investments in maternal care and virtual health. He also shares how CFOs must lead with agility, clinical insight, and mission focus in an uncertain healthcare landscape.

“While the pressures on healthcare institutions are real, I am proud to share that Nemours Children’s Health grew our workforce in 2025 and made meaningful, purposeful investments in our people and culture,” Mr. Baptiste told Becker’s. “In 2026, we are accelerating our efforts to retain, develop, and recruit the right talent to advance our Whole Child Health strategy.”

The system continues to prioritize building a healthy workforce to support excellent patient care.

KidsHealth, which recently marked its third decade of existence and surpassed 6 billion page views, features free, physician-approved articles, illustrations, newsletters, patient care instructions and videos. It is also the most-cited pediatric website by AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Google Gemini.

Our kids are growing up in a very different world than we did. Given the advancements in technology that are now part of our kids’ lives, Lian Liu, PhD, a pediatric psychologist with Nemours Children's Health, points out that embarrassment—a normal part of growing up, to be fair—can be more acute and intense than in the past.

Linhda Nguyen, PA-C, a physician assistant at the Healthy Weight and Wellness Clinic at Nemours Children’s Health in Wilmington, Delaware, said GLP-1 prescriptions for adolescents have increased since the approval of semaglutide (Wegovy, Novo Nordisk) in 2022.