Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston Children’s Hospital’s Milagros para Niños program supports Latino families whose kids need life-saving care, like Layla, who needed a liver transplant to survive. She’s now thriving, thanks in part to Milagros para Niños, which is now celebrating its 15th year....

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They say not all heroes wear capes. A Massachusetts grandfather dons a tablecloth instead and pairs it with a mask. Bill Lee, a 75-year-old Rockport man, isn’t very great at hiding his identity, but what he lacks in mystery, he makes up with charity. Lee has a special Friday tradition to help save children with cancer, and he recently...

A Massachusetts grandfather has turned donating blood into a Friday tradition.

A Massachusetts woman was sentenced to probation for calling in a hoax bomb threat against Boston Children’s Hospital in 2022. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said 37-year-old Catherine Leavy of Westfield, Massachusetts, pled guilty to one count of making a false bomb threat and one count of intentionally conveying false or misleading information in September 2023. Leavy was sentenced to...

A pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist at Boston’s Children’s Hospital who was arrested on charges of possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material has been fired from his job. The 35-year-old physician made an initial appearance in court Friday and was detained pending a hearing Tuesday, the U.S. attorney’s office said in a news release. The charges follow a search of...

A pediatric doctor in Boston has been arrested on allegations that he distributed child sexual abuse material. Federal prosecutors said Friday that 35-year-old Christopher Sheerer, who began a fellowship in cardiac anesthesiology this month at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, was taken into custody after a search at his Boston home Thursday night. He is charged with...

Ed Sheeran is perfect. The superstar, who is in town to headline the Boston Calling music festival, performed for patients at Boston Children’s Hospital on Thursday, singing his hit ballads “Perfect” and “Castle on the Hill” at a patient’s request. The performance in the hospital’s Seacrest Studio was broadcast to patient rooms throughout the building so that even kids...

There’s a new experience for visitors to enjoy at the Boston Children’s Museum. ‘Hundred Acre Wood: A Winnie-the-Pooh experience’ recently opened and offers museumgoers the chance to embark on a fun journey and celebrate with everyone’s favorite teddy bear and friends, the museum said in a press release Tuesday. Some of the highlights include spending time wandering around Christopher...

Granite Telecommunications held its annual “Saving by Shaving” benefit, which has raised more than $50 million for pediatric research and treatments in the last decade.

A Massachusetts woman pled guilty Thursday to calling in a hoax bomb threat against Boston Children’s Hospital last year. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said 37-year-old Catherine Leavy of Westfield, Massachusetts, pled guilty to one count of making a false bomb threat and one count of intentionally conveying false or misleading information. The charges stem from a threat phoned on...