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Children's Hospital is nationally recognized as one of the country's best comprehensive care centers for the most critically ill and injured children. About UNC Health

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research. UNC Hea

lth is an integrated healthcare system owned by the state of North Carolina and based in Chapel Hill. It exists to further the teaching mission of the University of North Carolina and to provide state-of-the-art patient care. UNC Health is comprised of UNC Hospitals at Chapel Hill, ranked consistently among the best medical centers in the country; the UNC School of Medicine, a nationally eminent research institution; Pardee UNC Health Care in Hendersonville; Chatham Hospital in Siler City; Johnston Health in Clayton and Smithfield; UNC Lenoir Health Care in Kinston; Wayne UNC Health Care in Goldsboro; Caldwell UNC Health Care in Lenoir; Nash UNC Health Care in Rocky Mount; UNC Rockingham Health Care in Eden, Onslow Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, UNC Health Southeastern in Lumberton, UNC REX Healthcare and its provider network in Wake County; UNC Health Blue Ridge in the Morganton area; and the UNC Physicians Network. For more information, please visit www.unchealth.org


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If your baby or toddler is having trouble hearing or seeing, early intervention is key to keeping their development on t...
08/15/2025

If your baby or toddler is having trouble hearing or seeing, early intervention is key to keeping their development on track.

UNC Health pediatrician Edward Pickens, MD, shares how providers check for hearing and vision problems, as well as what indicators parents can watch for at home.

Catching early warning signs is key to your child’s development.

A book changed everything.Declan was withdrawn, scared, and silent in the hospital—until a teacher from the UNC Hospital...
08/15/2025

A book changed everything.

Declan was withdrawn, scared, and silent in the hospital—until a teacher from the UNC Hospital School brought him a book.

“He didn’t want to talk to anyone… But she brought books that matched his interests, and he started to open up.”

At UNC Children’s, every hospitalized child receives books to keep during their stay. We’re raising $10,000 to make sure those stories keep coming.

📚 $15 = 1 book
📦 $75 = books for a week in a hospital classroom
🏁 Goal: $10,000

💛 Donate now: www.unchf.org/hospitalschooldrive

Join me and make a gift today!

Our final week of the is here. Thank you to all of our teammates across the system who sent us pictures of your cute d...
08/14/2025

Our final week of the is here. Thank you to all of our teammates across the system who sent us pictures of your cute dogs! We hope the summer's treating you well.

08/12/2025

A brave mom and dad in Chapel Hill are raising awareness about a rare disease that’s devastating the lives of their twin daughters, Amelia and Makenzie. Their efforts to raise awareness of Batten disease led to a first-of-its-kind drug trial at the UNC School of Medicine. The new personalized treatment, Zebronkysen, is helping their daughters better manage the disease. It’s not a cure, but it holds promise.

“We definitely are seeing some quite remarkable improvements,” says Yael Shiloh-Malawsky, MD, a pediatric neurologist at UNC Hospitals.

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“Sleepwalking in and of itself is not harmful, and kids outgrow it,” says UNC Health neurologist and sleep medicine phys...
08/08/2025

“Sleepwalking in and of itself is not harmful, and kids outgrow it,” says UNC Health neurologist and sleep medicine physician Nathan Walker, MD.

How to take care of a loved one who wanders in the night.

Welcome back to the Dog Days of Summer. It's been a rainy week, but our teammates' dogs are here to bring a smile to you...
08/07/2025

Welcome back to the Dog Days of Summer. It's been a rainy week, but our teammates' dogs are here to bring a smile to your day. We thought this would be our final post, but we have more cute pictures to share next week. Stay tuned. 🐶

A heads-up for parents of young children: Pediatricians are seeing a surge in hand, foot and mouth disease right now. Kn...
08/06/2025

A heads-up for parents of young children: Pediatricians are seeing a surge in hand, foot and mouth disease right now. Know the basics to help your child stay well.

It may be most common in small children, but that doesn’t mean you’re immune.

We spoke to UNC Health infectious diseases expert David J. Weber, MD, MPH, about concerns some people have about vaccine...
08/06/2025

We spoke to UNC Health infectious diseases expert David J. Weber, MD, MPH, about concerns some people have about vaccines.

An infectious diseases doctor on the safety and risks of vaccines.

At UNC Children’s, our bereavement support team recently hosted Seasons to Remember—a heartfelt memorial honoring the li...
08/05/2025

At UNC Children’s, our bereavement support team recently hosted Seasons to Remember—a heartfelt memorial honoring the lives of young patients who are no longer with us. Families gathered to reflect, connect, and find healing together. 💙

Your skin is your largest organ, and it deserves protection. When you’re outside for any length of time, you should appl...
08/04/2025

Your skin is your largest organ, and it deserves protection. When you’re outside for any length of time, you should apply sunscreen to your exposed skin—even on cloudy days.

A UNC Health dermatologist demystifies the sunscreen aisle.

Does your child get eaten up by mosquitoes or other bugs? Here's how to choose the best bug repellent for your family.
08/04/2025

Does your child get eaten up by mosquitoes or other bugs? Here's how to choose the best bug repellent for your family.

Protect against bites with safe and effective products.

Breastfeeding can be challenging and doesn’t always come easy. Many women deal with struggles large and small when nursi...
08/02/2025

Breastfeeding can be challenging and doesn’t always come easy. Many women deal with struggles large and small when nursing a baby. UNC Health lactation consultant Jerrianne Webb offers advice for common breastfeeding roadblocks.

If you’re a nursing mom or mom-to-be, read this.

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As a top-tier academic medical center, UNC Children's protects the health of children throughout North Carolina and beyond, no matter how critical or rare their challenges. More than merely treating patients, we uphold a four-tiered mission to "CARE," aligning clinical care, advocacy, research, and education to deliver world-class, patient- and family-centered care—always regardless of a family's ability to pay. UNC Children's offers complete inpatient and outpatient care at our state-of-the-art clinical home, N.C. Children's Hospital, a part of UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. We also bring leading-edge care closer to home through more than two dozen satellite outpatient clinics located throughout North Carolina and a partnership with New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington. Specialties: UNC Children's specialty-trained physicians, nurses and clinical staff offer expert care in the following pediatric subspecialties: allergy, cardiology, critical care medicine, dentistry, dermatology, developmental-behavioral medicine, emergency medicine, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general pediatrics and adolescent medicine, genetics and metabolism, hematology-oncology, immunology, infectious disease, neonatal-perinatal medicine, nephrology, occupational therapy and physical therapy, psychiatry/psychology, pulmonology, radiology, and rehabilitation. Pediatric surgery specialties include anesthesiology, general surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology/head and neck surgery, plastic surgery, and urology. Specialty Care Units: N.C. Children’s Hospital's inpatient services include neonatal intensive care, pediatric intensive care, cardiac intensive care, and general medical and surgical beds for children. Other specialty inpatient programs include pediatric organ transplant programs for kidney, heart, lung and liver. The Children's Hospital also has a pediatric-specific Level 1 trauma center.