Featured stories
Learn about meconium aspiration syndrome, including symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment options to help protect your newborn’s health.
Here's what parents should know about the dangerous TikTok Benadryl Challenge, and how they can keep their kids and teens safe.
Your child bumped their head: when should you worry? Children’s Minnesota guides you on when to visit the ER, call the pediatrician or watch at home.
Events
August 22 – 28, 2026
Participating Great Clips salons
Great Clips salons in the Twin Cities and western Wisconsin...
Children’s Minnesota kid experts will join Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting....
Patient stories
Brittney didn’t expect her third pregnancy to look any different from the first two, but at 27 weeks and four days pregnant, she unexpectedly delivered her son, Owen, at home....
Junior’s journey from liver cancer at 19-months old to thriving 9-year-old highlights the impact of expert care, family support and hope....
Michelle Hall, NICU nurse, shares her personal breastfeeding journey as a NICU mom and how lactation support helped her son thrive after a premature birth....
News
Children's Minnesota's extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program was recently awarded the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) Gold Level Award for Excellence in Life Support, earning redesignation as an ELSO Center...
Children’s Minnesota’s Minneapolis emergency department renovation, designed to reduce wait times and improve the patient care experience, has been recognized by Finance & Commerce and Minnesota Physician....
Children’s Minnesota is proud to share that it has earned a Silver award in the Best Pediatrics category in the Minnesota Star Tribune’s Minnesota’s Best 2026 best-of contest....
Giving and philanthropy
Thanks to the generosity of players, volunteers, sponsors and donors, the 2026 Pine Tree Apple Tennis Classic raised a record $700,000 to advance pediatric cancer research and care at Children's...
A $2 million gift from the Hanson family will support innovative, compassionate care for children with serious illness and complex pain....
When Natalie Lu started volunteering at Children’s Minnesota in 1997, she had no idea it would be where she would meet her husband and the start of the rest of...
Education
From sunscreen basics to tanning myths, learn how families can protect kids and teens from sunburn, UV damage and long-term skin cancer risks....
Learn about heart murmurs in kids, common causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and when to seek medical attention from the cardiovascular experts at Children’s Minnesota....
With a few simple steps, families can help protect their kids from bug bites and know what to do if a bite happens....
Children's Minnesota leadership
Misinformation about vaccines can have devastating consequences. Emily Chapman, MD, addresses a common vaccine myth....
Talking to people we disagree with can be hard. But it’s a muscle we can build with practice, humility and our Children's Minnesota values as a guide....
Aujani Davis shares how families and health systems can better support mental health for Black, Latino, Asian and Native American children....
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