Wolfson Children's Hospital

Over the last 100 years, immunizations have become one of modern medicine’s greatest success stories. With the introduction of vaccines in the twentieth century that provided protection against some of the most common and deadly childhood illness like measles and mumps, polio, and smallpox, the last several generations...

Like many 9-year-olds, Orange Park’s Cameron Balczon is full of energy, fearless and loves all kinds of sports. He plays and watches basketball and soccer, has played baseball, and enjoys swimming, too. With a boy...

Early last year, Michelle Brantley and her fiancé Bryan Mirabal were just getting used to the ins and outs of parenting with their eight-month-old son, Gage. They’d been through the sleepless nights, feedings, and...

It’s the time of year when toy shopping is at the top of most of our to-do lists, which means many of us are scrambling around looking for the perfect doll or game for...

When 10-month-old Phillip Simmons gets to an age when he can understand, his mother Mary Hunstein has a story to tell him about the day his life was saved when he was only four...

With the Affordable Care Act’s implementation of the Health Insurance Marketplace for 2014, more individuals, families, and small businesses have health care coverage than ever before. The Marketplace provides a set of government-regulated and...

Xoe Brown knows more about food than most kids her age. Diagnosed with severe food allergies at the age of 2, Xoe had to avoid practically everything from citrus to peanuts, bananas to diary,...

As childbirth educators, one thing we've realized is that expectant couples eagerly preparing for the birth of a baby have a lot on their minds! They take classes to prepare for labor, breastfeeding classes,...

Now that your kids are back in school, many fall sports have started up again. All parents want their kids to be active and to enjoy participating in the activities they love but worry...

Because kids and accidents seem to go together, chances are pretty good that your child will need an X-ray at some time during childhood. Some kids may even require a more advanced test like...

Already a mom of two, Lindsey Ford knew instinctively that something was wrong with her baby boy Munro as soon as he was born on May 4, 2014. When the nurse laid her infant...

When it’s your child and it’s an emergency, what matters most is experience. Many parents in our area have turned to the Wolfson Children’s Emergency Center in Jacksonville for years, seeking the expertise and peace of mind only a children’s hospital can provide.