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Help address your child’s health care needs at school by preparing your medications and medical plans and communicating effectively.

On August 21, 2017, there will be a solar eclipse. People across the United States will fall under the path of this rare solareclipse, and depending on their location, may witness a total solar eclipse. Eye safety is very important when viewing a solareclipse. Without safe viewing and appropriate eye protection, permanent eye damage can occur. Eye experts at Children’sNational have provided some vital information on what you can expect to see and how to view the eclipse safely.

According to the 2011 National Survey of Children’s Health, at least ten percent of children in 49 out of the 50 states are obese. And this number has only risen in the years since, putting millions of people at risk of developing adverse health conditions such as Type 2 Diabetes, fatty liver disease, acid reflux, joint pain and more. The disease is particularly prevalent in Washington D.C., in which more than 50% of all adults and 20% of all children and adolescents are overweight or obese – some of the highest numbers across the country.

Children's National Health System has been named to the 2017 Becker's Hospital Review list of 100 Great Hospitals in America for the second consecutive year.

Thanks to your partnership and support, Children’s National is once again ranked as one of the nation’s ten Best Children’s Hospitals, and a member of the U.S. News & World Report 2017-18 Honor Roll.

Children’s National Health System has formed one of the only dedicated clinical Congenital Zika Virus Program in the mid-Atlantic region, and one of the first in the country, with the goal of providing accurate diagnoses and condition management for pregnant women and newborns affected in utero by the Zika virus.

Children’s National Safe Concussion Outcome Recovery & Education (SCORE) Program has expanded services to the Eastern Shore in Salisbury, MD to treat children and adolescents experiencing symptoms of a concussion or traumatic brain injuries (TBI).

Children’s National Health System is pleased to announce the addition of Can Yerebakan, M.D., and Karthik Ramakrishnan, M.D., to our team of pediatric cardiac surgeons.

Children’s National Health System is pleased to announce the addition of Suvankar Majumdar, M.D. and Andrew Campbell, M.D., to our team of Hematology Leaders.

The Children’s National Health System Division of Neurology is pleased to announce the addition of five new physicians.