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Valley Children’s Pediatric Resident Presents Research on Healthcare Disparities at National Critical Care Conference
DAVIS, Calif. – Second-year pediatric resident Dr. Bhavishya Devireddy recently presented an abstract of a study she coauthored, which examined healthcare disparities among trauma patients requiring pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission in the COVID-19 era. Dr. Devireddy presented the…
Valley Children’s Joins National “Zero Suicide” Collaborative
MADERA, Calif. – Valley Children’s was recently selected as one of 16 children’s hospitals across the country to participate in a “Preventing Youth Suicide” collaborative, led by the Children’s Hospital Association, Zero Suicide Institute and Cardinal Health Foundation. Formed on…
Rising Temperatures Renew Reminders to Protect Kids from Vehicle-Related Heat Dangers
MADERA, Calif. – Hot summer days have contributed to two child deaths so far this year in the United States as a result of heatstroke, which can happen when kids are unattended in cars. Valley Children’s, the lead agency for…
United States Bans Crib Bumpers and Infant Inclined Sleepers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On May 18, 2022, the President signed the Safe Sleep for Babies Act, which prohibits the manufacturing and sale of padded crib bumper pads and infant inclined sleepers, products which have known risks for entrapment and suffocation…