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The neonatal intensive care unit at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital will be undergoing an expansion to grow the number of beds that can accommodate the hospital’s tiniest, most vulnerable patients.

Ranked in the top-50 pediatric hospitals in the country in a variety of specialties by US News & World Report, UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital continues to renovate and expand.

Walmart stores donate 103 red wagons filled with necessity and diversionary items to UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital pediatric patients. Eight Tallahassee area Walmart stores and their associates will visit UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital Tuesday, June 24 with a gift of 103 red wagons, decorated and filled…

The Arts in Medicine campaign spotlights a young adult cancer survivor who relied on the arts to cope during her battle with cancer. When Khandice Long was treated at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital for osteosarcoma, she was healed in more ways than one. Dealing with a difficult medical…

Representatives from the Cox Foundation presented a symbolic check to UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital with Scott A Rivkees, M.D., and David Burchfield,…

The College of Medicine broke ground Nov. 22 for the George T. Harrell, M.D., Medical Education Building. The University of Florida College of Medicine is preparing students for the future. As one of the premier medical education programs in the country, the college is setting the stage for a…

UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital celebrated the grand opening of its pediatric cardiac intensive care unit Jan. 10. UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital is taking great strides in providing highly specialized care to patients with congenital heart disease, with the opening of a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit.

The Partners in Adolescent Lifestyle Support (PALS) program, overseen by professionals at UF Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital, is making strides to help students in local schools. Middle school and high school can be some of the toughest times in an adolescent’s life. During this period – which is…

Located at 8475 NW 39th Ave., the full-service emergency department develops the reach of UF Health Shands Hospital. In an emergency situation, every second counts. With the substantial population…

As Chris Brown, director of the UF Health Child Life Program, and Ron Farb, co-founder of the Climb for Cancer Foundation, set up the multisensory environment machine, the excitement among the pediatric patients is drowned out by the “oohhs” and “aahhs” of the doctors and nurses.