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On a new ranking of Illinois Best Children’s hospitals, three made the cut. But none from the state made it onto the ranking’s top 10 list of the Best Children’s Hospitals nationwide.

On a new ranking of Illinois’ Best Children’s hospitals, three made the cut. But none from the state made it onto the ranking’s top 10 list of the Best Children’s Hospitals nationwide.

Max Do has been the talk of the Advocate Children’s Hospital neonatal intensive care unit for months, because the NICU has been his home for 11 months, but he’s finally heading home for the first time.

A possible case of a mysterious liver disease affecting some children in the U.S. is being investigated in a child in Illinois, officials with Advocate Healthcare said Monday, days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put out a nationwide alert about the infections.

An extremely rare congenital heart defect has left a 4-year-old Crystal Lake girl with scars all over her body. Her dad came up with a way for her to feel less alone. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

Four-year-old Everly Backe underwent her first open heart surgery just three days after she was born.

As COVID cases surge in Illinois, area children’s hospitals say they are seeing their biggest spike in cases and hospitalizations, with more kids testing positive than ever before during the coronavirus pandemic. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty has the story.

As COVID cases surge in Illinois, area children’s hospitals say they are seeing their biggest spike in cases and hospitalizations, with more kids testing positive than ever before during the coronavirus pandemic.

Dr. Ngozi Ezike delivers a COVID update for Illinois as omicron variant cases continue to spread across the state.

It’s been a long road to recovery for a 6-year-old Chicago girl who was one of the first children in the country to test positive for COVID-19, but Thursday marked a monumental step in her journey, getting her first dose of the recently-approved Pfizer vaccine.

While coronavirus cases and hospitalizations among children are continuing to increase in the United States, another respiratory virus is rapidly spreading and causing increased hospitalizations as well.

While coronavirus cases and hospitalizations among children are continuing to increase in the United States, another respiratory virus is rapidly spreading and causing increased hospitalizations as well. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty has more on RSV, and the threat it poses to children and the elderly.

Five Chicago-area children with health challenges are leaving Thursday for an unforgettable trip.

Emma Bergeron and Johnny Sorial, both 11, have managed to raise thousands of dollars for other sick kids, after being diagnosed with the same type of leukemia.

Chicago-area doctors and specialists united Monday in an effort to push parents to get their kids vaccinated by Halloween.

Two 6-year-old girls plan to travel from their homes in Chicago to the nation’s capital this week in an effort to protect Medicaid funding for serious, long-term conditions.

After weeks of recovery following her complex and rare surgery in Chicago, an infant girl born with four legs and two spines was reunited with her family in Africa last week.