Children's Hospital AIDS program success story

When Christopher Anastosopoulos, 19, was brought to Children's Hospital Boston as a 10-month-old baby, doctors confirmed that he had been infected with HIV before he was born. Both of Christopher's parents had HIV (and later AIDS) and passed away before he was 10, and his relatives sought treatment in his home state of Maine. When Christopher was 13, his grandparents, Pete and Anne, were awarded custody and immediately brought him back to Children's for care. | more

in this issue

Financial outlook | Last month, Children's announced that we met our 2007 financial goals. The hospital finished the
fiscal year with an operational surplus of $47 million on total operating revenues of $1 billion. ...

A day in the life | Ethan Bickford knew he wanted to be an artist when he was in first grade. Two years later, he started taking pictures with his very first camera—mostly of nature—and hasn't stopped since. ...

BEADS of courage | A new program helps young patients along their cancer journies...

Employee of the month | Congratulations to Cathy Irvin, Reception Services, who's been chosen as Children's Hospital Boston's employee of the month for December. ...

In their own words | Six-year-old Rachel giggles as our kitty, Sophie, leaps after the toy being tickled across her tail. Eleven- year-old Ibrahim sports a strawberry milk mustache as he poses his Spiderman figure on our kitchen table. ....