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.

Holidays are a busy travel time for families. There’s a lot of excitement about visiting relatives or traveling to new destinations. But sick kids can put a damper on travel. “Some of the top challenges that kids face during the holiday season can include respiratory illnesses, gastrointestinal infections, sleep disruptions, dietary imbalance and travel fatigue,” says Robert Snyder, MD, Chief of Florida Primary Care for Nemours Children’s Health. Dr. Snyder gives tips for keeping kids healthy so parents—and the whole family—can enjoy traveling during the holiday season.

In this episode, Dr. Peggy Greco of Nemours Children’s Health and Rachel Hamilton of NRC Health, discuss how their organizations use equity centered data, communication tools, and patient voice to close experience gaps and improve outcomes for children and families.

In November, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health stated that it has cared for more than 120 children with complex medical conditions at home through its Advanced Care at Home program. The health system says it is the nation’s first at-home acute care model run by a freestanding children’s hospital.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health has named Terry Haley, as its next executive vice president and chief marketing and communications officer.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health has launched its Advanced Care at Home program, which has cared for more than 120 children with complex medical conditions through a first-of-its-kind home-based care model.

Caswell Samms III. Executive Vice President and CFO of Nemours Children’s Health (Jacksonville, Fla.): At Nemours Children’s Health, one of the most valuable innovations came from reimagining how we use what we already have. By building digital care pathways within our existing Epic platform, we standardized care for common conditions like asthma and diabetes, improving outcomes and reducing unnecessary variation, like emergency department utilization, without major new spending. It’s a great example of frontline collaboration, using data and workflow redesign to create real value for patients, our associates and the organization.

“We saw a really bad season last year, and I worry that this season could be even worse,” said Jonathan Miller, associate chief of primary care at Nemours Children’s Health and president of the Delaware chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

Since June, Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health has cared for more than 120 children with complex medical conditions at home through a first-of-a-kind program. The Advanced Care at Home program is designed for children who are medically stable but require ongoing advanced care. It is the nation’s first at-home care model operated by a freestanding children’s hospital, according to a Nov. 10 news release from Nemours.

Colleen Schimpf, MSN, RN, CPNP-BC, a Certified Infant/Toddler Sleep Consultant at Nemours Children's Health, urges parents to fact-check the information they see online to make sure it’s safe and accurate—and take everything you see or hear on social media with a grain of salt.

Nemours Children’s Health is a leader in pediatric musculoskeletal care, offering comprehensive treatment for children with the most complex orthopedic, spine and neuromuscular conditions.

Indeed, a "velcro kid" is basically a child who has difficulty separating from a parent or caregiver, according to Danika Perry, PsyD, a pediatric psychologist at Nemours Children’s Health.

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 Dr. Perry.

Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville (Fla.) named Stacy White, Jr., MD, division chief or interventional radiology. Dr. White will strengthen collaboration between specialties, expand inpatient consultation services and streamline workflows to improve access to interventional radiology services, according to an Oct. 24 system news release shared with Becker’s. He will also work to expand regional operations.

Ashley Anttila, MD, a pediatrician at Nemours Children’s Health, Delaware.

The newly joined health systems are, according to an Oct. 20 news release: Endeavor Health (Evanston, Ill.), Henry Ford Health (Detroit), Nemours Children’s Health (Jacksonville, Fla.), Northwestern Medicine (Chicago), Rush University System for Health (Chicago).

Pediatrics hospitals: Scottish Rite for Children (Dallas), Children’s Hospital of Alabama (Birmingham), Nemours Children’s Health System (Jacksonville, Fla.).

Caswell Samms III, CFO of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health, also emphasized service line growth with a pediatric focus. Over the next two to three years, the health system will expand capacity through various strategic initiatives in Florida and the Delaware Valley. “This includes targeted investments in high-acuity pediatric specialty programs such as orthopedics, cardiology, maternal–fetal medicine, neonatology and oncology,” Mr. Samms said. “We are also advancing innovation in value-based care through the global budget model in Delaware. By continuing to operate as a unified health system, Nemours will strengthen brand recognition and foster strategic partnerships — ensuring we deliver the highest quality pediatric care across all our service areas.”

Wesley was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia — a rare form of blood cancer that attacks the bone marrow — last year, in the final week of the season. Wesley completed his treatment this summer at Nemours Children's Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla., and is now in complete remission. In September, Hines-Allen and the rest of his family got to join Wesley in ringing the bell at Nemours, signaling the successful end of his treatment. Despite the Jaguars losing to the Seahawks on Sunday, it gave Hines-Allen a special moment with his son after a difficult year of treatment.

“Just want to say thank you to the doctors and nurses from the bottom of our hearts for saving our son's life. Thank you so much,” said of the doctors at Nemours.

In this Healio video perspective, Carly Levy, MD, FAAP, FAAHPM, shares her advice for physicians to cope with tough days at work. “Something that I do personally is reframe,” the director of the hospice and palliative medicine fellowship at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Delaware said. “It’s reframing what I just witnessed and thinking about what I actually contributed vs. what I don’t have control over.”

AI chatbots are increasingly citing health system websites in their answers to healthcare-related questions. But which organizations show up the most in these AI-generated responses? 28. Nemours Children’s Health (Jacksonville, Fla.)

Nemours Children’s Health — a pediatric hospital network with locations in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida — was one of the health systems that delayed its Covid vaccine rollout until the CDC recommendation came out. Dr. Matthew Davis, Nemours’ enterprise physician-in-chief, said the network should receive doses soon.

In this Healio video perspective, Kirk Reichard, MD, MBA, FACS, FAAP, explains what pediatricians should know about weight loss surgery for treating children with obesity. “I think it’s a relatively new topic for many people,” said Reichard, director of metabolic and bariatric surgery at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware.

Chad Neilsen, director of infection prevention and control at Nemours Children’s Health in Florida.