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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 Health 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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It’s never easy when your child is sick, but it can be especially scary when they’re running a fever. Here’s what you ne...
01/07/2026

It’s never easy when your child is sick, but it can be especially scary when they’re running a fever. Here’s what you need to know about treating a fever at home, and when you need to call the doctor.

What to do when your child has a temperature.

A beautiful way to start 2026. ❤️
01/02/2026

A beautiful way to start 2026. ❤️

It is hard to come in first place, but these babies in the Triangle — with more than a little help from mom — managed to be the first ones born in 2026 at these Triangle area hospitals.

A perfect way to start the New Year 💙 ✨Meet Valentina and Emily, both born in the early hours of New Year’s Day at UNC H...
01/01/2026

A perfect way to start the New Year 💙 ✨

Meet Valentina and Emily, both born in the early hours of New Year’s Day at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill campus. Valentina arrived just after 12:30 a.m., with Emily following at 1:40 a.m.

Congratulations to the beautiful families!

📷 Allison Simmang/ Bella Baby Photography

#2026

Strep throat is more prevalent in children, but adults get it too. How can you tell if you have strep throat vs. a cold ...
12/29/2025

Strep throat is more prevalent in children, but adults get it too. How can you tell if you have strep throat vs. a cold or the flu? UNC Health family medicine physician Sarah Ruff, MD, explains what you need to know.

This common bacterial infection requires antibiotics.

The best Christmas presents of all. 🎄❤️ We welcomed these beautiful babies into the world on Christmas Day!
12/26/2025

The best Christmas presents of all. 🎄❤️

We welcomed these beautiful babies into the world on Christmas Day!

Merry Christmas and happy holidays from all of our UNC Children’s NICU babies! 🎄🎁
12/25/2025

Merry Christmas and happy holidays from all of our UNC Children’s NICU babies! 🎄🎁

Junior golfer William Neff has a big swing and an even bigger heart.🏌️‍♂️💙For several years, William has turned his love...
12/23/2025

Junior golfer William Neff has a big swing and an even bigger heart.🏌️‍♂️💙

For several years, William has turned his love of golf into meaningful support for Pediatric Urology and Nephrology at UNC Children’s. These are the very specialty teams that cared for him as a child.

Most recently, William presented a check for $10,150, bringing his fundraising total to more than $17,000 raised in support of children and families facing kidney and urologic conditions!

William’s journey is a powerful example of gratitude transformed into action and of a young leader choosing to give back, again and again!

We’re incredibly thankful to William and his family for their continued dedication to UNC Children’s.

There are many benefits to playing sports as a kid—it’s good exercise, helps with mental health and provides an opportun...
12/17/2025

There are many benefits to playing sports as a kid—it’s good exercise, helps with mental health and provides an opportunity to make friends and be part of a team.

Parents are a big part of starting athletes on the right foot, well before the game or match begins. A UNC Health sports medicine doctor provides tips.

Your young athlete needs healthy habits to play their best.

🎁 From patient to giver.Logan showed up today with carts full of toys for kids in the Peds Hematology Oncology Clinic, a...
12/17/2025

🎁 From patient to giver.

Logan showed up today with carts full of toys for kids in the Peds Hematology Oncology Clinic, and his little brother proudly came along for the ride in a matching Grinch sweatshirt.

After spending holidays in the hospital himself during cancer treatment, Logan knows how much it means to have something to do, something that can take your mind off appointments, scans, and long days. LEGO sets helped him during his treatment. Now, he’s paying that comfort forward.

Through his nonprofit, Logan’s Lighthouse, Logan has been organizing toy drives for over five years: first through his middle school in Texas, and now here in Chapel Hill after his family moved just three months ago. Today, this year's toys are headed to children in the Reelin' for Research Pediatric Hematology Oncology Clinic.

As his mom Christine shared, Logan’s Lighthouse is still in its early stages, with a growing focus on funding pediatric sarcoma research. But this tradition of giving, which started long before the nonprofit, remains at the heart of what they do.

Because when you’ve been a child in the hospital, you know how much a small distraction or moment of joy can matter.

Thank you, Logan!!!

A day of healing and joy! 💙🐴 UNC Children’s Aftercare Program partnered with Horse and Buddy to host a therapeutic day f...
12/11/2025

A day of healing and joy! 💙🐴 UNC Children’s Aftercare Program partnered with Horse and Buddy to host a therapeutic day for diabetes patients and their families.

Through one-on-one time with horses, patients built confidence, found empowerment, and strengthened connections with others in the community.

Cold, flu—or strep? Not all sore throats are the same. Here’s how to tell the difference and get the right care.
12/09/2025

Cold, flu—or strep? Not all sore throats are the same. Here’s how to tell the difference and get the right care.

This common bacterial infection requires antibiotics.

Your first clue you have lichen sclerosus could be itching, or your doctor might see the white spots during a routine pe...
12/09/2025

Your first clue you have lichen sclerosus could be itching, or your doctor might see the white spots during a routine pelvic exam before you notice symptoms.

“The most classic case is when someone has itching and thinks they have a yeast infection,” Dr. Phipps says. “If you treat for yeast, and the itching is not better, then this should be considered as something else that could cause the itchiness.”

If you’re post-menopause, you’re at higher risk.

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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.