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Rx for Healthy Kids: Schedule Routine Immunizations

February 12, 2025

One of the most effective, lifelong protections families can take to keep their children safe is ensuring that children get all of their vaccinations on schedule.

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Advice From Our Experts

Why Flu Shots Are Important for Kids

September 16, 2024

Flu season can be a doozy. Here’s how the flu vaccine can keep your kids and your entire family safe.

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Serving the Community

Community Health Workers Offer Hands-On Help to Medi-Cal Families

July 16, 2024

A new Medi-Cal benefit called Enhanced Care Management is helping vulnerable families with the wide range of social needs they face outside the hospital.

Press Release

L.A. Care Health Plan and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Host Roundtable to Identify Actionable Solutions to Children’s Health Disparities in Los Angeles County

November 14, 2023

The Roundtable participants will develop a child health disparity framework to inform policy and create actionable next steps.

Advice From Our Experts

Decoding Your Baby's Cough

January 21, 2022

Should I Treat a Cough at Home or Call the Pediatrician?

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Advice From Our Experts

What to Expect at a Virtual Doctor Visit

January 28, 2021

Pediatrician Mona Patel, MD, provides tips for a successful virtual appointment with your child’s doctor.

Advice From Our Experts

Visita virtual con el médico: qué puede esperar

January 28, 2021

La pediatra Mona Patel, MD, da consejos para que la cita virtual con el médico de su niño salga bien.

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Press Release

How Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Is Keeping Families Safe During COVID-19

May 19, 2020

When Jenn and Mike Dupke had to take their 4-year-old son, Rhett, to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles for a week this spring—in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic—they were nervous. Rhett has been

Work That Matters

Mona Patel, MD: Driven to Effect Change

March 7, 2019

Children's Hospital Los Angeles celebrates women who tear down walls, face challenges head-on and push boundaries in their field of expertise and beyond.

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