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My first day at virtual school

teven Yankopoulos is an 18-year-old Children’s patient with cystic fibrosis who regularly spends weeks in the hospital for treatment. While an inpatient in December, he had the chance to use a Web camera to attend one of his high school classes. Here, in his own words, he describes the experience and what it could mean for patients in the future...

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Hospital teams up for safety
Children’s has joined forces with two national initiatives—the Injury Free Coalition for Kids(IFCK) and ThinkFirst—to further strengthen the hospital’s commitment to preventing injuries to children...

Children’s history: The move to Longwood
Children’s moved into the Longwood Medical Area and its new home in the Hunnewell building in 1914, a time captured in the popular “cows picture”...

Home teams score big
In one week in December, players from all four Boston pro sports teams came by Children’s to visit the patients...

The season of giving
Students from Kennedy Middle School in Waltham raised $3,000 to buy gifts for Children’s patients.

Gratitudes
A complex operation on the spine of our 14-year-old daughter Alina, carried out by Dr. John Emans... became possible due to the International Center's Zahira Haram...

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