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  • Dec 6, 2016

    For the second time in its four years of operation, Nemours Children’s Hospital was named a Top Children’s Hospital by the Leapfrog Group. This elite distinction is awarded to hospitals...

  • Dec 5, 2016

    Publix Super Markets is collaborating with Nemours Children’s Health System to enhance and expand outpatient retail pharmacy services at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando’s Lake Nona...

  • Nov 29, 2016
    The partnership aims to improve patient experience by providing a better option for on-demand, non-emergency patient transportation.

    Nemours Children’s Health System (Nemours) and healthcare technology company RoundTrip today announced a partnership to provide patients at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in...

  • Nov 16, 2016

    Today magazine’s list of "Top Doctors" for 2016-2017. The list includes physicians nominated by their peers and by the magazine’s readers. Nemours is well represented across a variety of...

  • Nov 16, 2016

    Brian Anderson, Chairman of the Board of The Nemours Foundation, and Hugh Durden, Chairman of the Alfred I. duPont Testamentary Trust, today announced the election of four new members to The...

  • Nov 16, 2016

    Today magazine’s list of "Top Doctors" for 2016-2017. The list includes physicians nominated by their peers and by the magazine’s readers. Nemours is well represented across a variety of...

  • Oct 21, 2016

    With the click of a button, nurses at an Orlando school are able to bring a board-certified pediatrician on to campus for a video visit. Morning Star Catholic School is the first school in Florida...

  • Oct 21, 2016
    Telehealth Technology Brings Pediatricians into Living Rooms and Affiliated Hospitals

    A technology that is helping more Florida families access pediatric care was honored by the Florida Hospital Association (FHA) on Thursday night. Nemours CareConnect, a new approach to telehealth...

  • Oct 14, 2016
    Encouraging changes in physical activity, sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, and breastfeeding initiation; opportunities remain to address obesity and overweight

    Nemours Health & Prevention Services (NHPS) released the findings of the latest Delaware Survey of Children’s Health (DSCH). The DSCH is one of the most comprehensive health surveillance...

  • Oct 14, 2016
    Initiative on Healthy Eating and Food Access in Early Care and Education Programs, Pilot Program in St. Louis Expected to Reach 120 Early Care Centers

    With funding provided by Monsanto Fund, the American Heart Association and Nemours Children’s Health System (Nemours), are launching Healthy Food Alliance for Early Education, a technical...

  • Oct 14, 2016
    Nemours duPont Pediatrics, Deptford offers a full range of outpatient specialty, surgery, imaging and therapy services.

    Nemours Children’s Health System, consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Reportas one of the nation’s best health systems for specialty pediatric care, on Thursday celebrated the official...

  • Oct 14, 2016
    $1.8 Award to Nemours to examine environmental exposures from conception through early childhood

    The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced $157 million in awards to launch a seven-year initiative called Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO). The ECHO...

  • Oct 14, 2016

    Pottstown Memorial Medical Center (PMMC) and Nemours Children’s Health System (Nemours) are pleased to announce a new collaborative relationship to provide advanced pediatric care to families in...

  • Sep 22, 2016
    Designed for families of children with kidney disease; good information for all!

    NephCure Kidney International and Nemours Children’s Health System have published Eating Well with Kidney Disease, a collection of kidney-friendly recipes and dietary guidelines aimed at helping...

  • Sep 19, 2016

    emours continues commitment to region by recruiting top pediatric specialists Nemours Children’s Specialty Care, a nationally ranked pediatric specialty care practice, is proud to welcome Sheryl...

  • Sep 12, 2016
    Donation to benefit patients and programs of Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

    From left: DE State Police Superintendent Colonel Nate McQueen; Michael Donnelly, retired, DE State Police; Mort Kimmel, Kimmel, Carter, Roman, Peltz & O’Neill; Nemours/du Pont Hospital...

  • Sep 9, 2016

    Program Dedicated to Local Legend, "Safari Sam" Pediatric patients receiving treatment for cancer will now be able to enjoy the healing power of music during their visits to Nemours Children’s...

  • Sep 8, 2016
    Partnership to Explore Impact of Trauma-Informed Care and Play on Well-Being of Children and Families in Healthcare Settings

    The Toy Industry Foundation (TIF), the philanthropic arm of the North American toy industry, and Nemours, one of the country’s largest pediatric health systems, operating two children’s...

  • Aug 11, 2016
    Nemours continues commitment to Pensacola by recruiting top pediatric specialists

    Nemours Children’s Specialty Care, a nationally ranked pediatric specialty care practice, is proud to welcome Jean-Claude Desmangles, MD, to the endocrinology department in Pensacola. With more...

  • Jul 15, 2016

    Nemours Children’s Health System, anchored by the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children (N/AIDHC) and Nemours Children’s Hospital (NCH), has been named to the 18th annual Hospitals...

  • Jul 14, 2016
    American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) awarded Nemours PICU with the Gold-Level Beacon Award for Excellence.

    The pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children was recently awarded the gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence, the highest achievable designation from...

  • Jul 13, 2016
    Debbie Platz Promoted from Chief of Legal Operations

    A new attorney will lead legal affairs for Nemours Children’s Health System including its two freestanding children’s hospitals. Debbie Platz will serve as Enterprise Vice President and...

  • Jul 12, 2016

    Recent negotiations between Nemours duPont Pediatrics of Pennsylvania and Highmark of Pennsylvania have thus far failed to produce a fair and equitable contract. As a result, Nemours duPont...

  • Jun 30, 2016

    The team at Nemours calls it an intensive care unit on wheels. This new, neonatal and pediatric critical care transport ambulance arrived in Orlando’s Lake Nona Medical City on Thursday morning...

  • Jun 28, 2016

    A registered nurse who cares for children with cancer and blood disorders at Nemours Children’s Hospital earned a national honor from the Society of Pediatric Nurses (SPN). Julie Laybourne Swee...