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Hudson Ireland has dialysis nightly, and is scheduled to get a kidney transplant two days before her second birthday.

Hudson Ireland has dialysis nightly, and is scheduled to get a kidney transplant two days before her second birthday.

A teenager is in the hospital in stable condition after she was stabbed multiple times by another teenager.

This surge of sick kids is coming after years of some U.S. hospitals cutting back on pediatric beds — in part because it is typically more profitable to treat adult patients.

Waiting for their turn in the emergency room, dazed-looking parents in winter coats bounced crying children in their arms, trying to catch the eye of Dr. Erica Michiels. Us! Pick us next! they seemed to plead with tired eyes.

U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Richard Neal, regarding the findings that the IRS failed to audit former President Donald Trump during the first two years of his presidency. The report found that only one audit was started while Trump was in the White House but no audits were completed. (NPR — Dec. 20, 2022)

Like many other children’s hospitals across the nation, the capacity of the staff at DeVos Children’s has been stretched by waves of patients with RSV and, increasingly, the flu.

As a "tripledemic" of respiratory viruses continues to surge this winter, many hospitals across the country are struggling to care for patients. Pediatric hospitals in particular have been overwhelmed with children suffering from influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, leading to long ED wait times and overworked providers.

Pediatric cases of RSV and flu have families crowding into EDs as health systems juggle staff shortages. In Michigan, only 10 of 130 hospitals have a pediatric ICU.

Pediatric cases of RSV and flu have sent families crowding into ERs, as health systems struggle with staff shortages. In Michigan, only 9 out of more than 130 hospitals have a pediatric ICU.