Thousands of young Territorians will be vaccinated against meningococcal B for free, as part of a study being undertaken in the Northern Territory for.
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Man uses stock earnings to buy gifts for childrenâs hospital
Man uses stock earnings to buy gifts for childrenâs hospital By Enzo Domingo | February 4, 2021 at 5:35 PM EST - Updated February 4 at 6:49 PM
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - A Chesterfield man, whose stocks skyrocketed in last weekâs GameStop/Wall Street fiasco, decided to give back; instead of pocketing most of his newfound earnings, he bought gifts for young hospital patients at the Childrenâs Hospital of Richmond.
âIf a kid thatâs stuck at the Childrenâs Hospital wants unicorn curtains, Iâm going to get them unicorn curtains - as opposed to a slush fund,â said John Theobald.
Grace Smart was born with microtia, a condition that affects approximately one in 8000 babies.
It means her ear didn t fully develop in the womb, and she was born without the external part, which most of us would refer to simply as our ear .
In December she underwent the marathon 12-hour operation after surgeon Dr Stuart Bade promised Grace she d have a new ear for Christmas.
Six weeks on she was excited to start school, to see if her friends noticed the change in her appearance.
Grace s surgery marked the first time in Queensland 3D imaging and a 3D printer were used to develop a customised ear implant.
Trial therapy could âturbochargeâ sick kidsâ immune cells A world-first study is underway into a potentially lifesaving therapy for children having stem cell transplants.
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Subscriber only Queensland researchers have begun a world-first trial of a new treatment aimed at preventing life-threatening infections in children having stem cell transplants. The two-year study of up to 20 children as young as three months old will test whether giving them immunotherapy after their transplant reduces the risk of dangerous viral infections. Two patients at the Queensland Children s Hospital have already received the treatment manufactured at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.