Children's Health

From newborn to adulthood, your children count on you to keep them healthy, strong and thriving. Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital experts help you stay in-the-know while your kids are on-the-grow.

‘The most powerful medicine’

Consider a whole food, plant-based diet as a leading tool to help fight disease and improve health.

Patient Story

Tiny babies in ugly sweaters

Premature babies in the NICU get dressed up for the holidays.

‘It gives people hope’

A young cancer survivor is joined by family and friends in delivering a caravan of toys to the children's hospital.

‘He could thrive’

A school nurse looks beneath the surface to help a 12-year-old boy overcome health challenges in middle school.

‘A powerful moment’

Community members light up the night for kids in the children's hospital.

Hand hygiene 101

Time to add a bit of scented soap and ABCs to your hand-washing game?

Patient Story

‘Moving and grooving’

After spending his first months of life in the NICU, Axle Lensky and his family celebrate his first year at home in trademark fashion—a luau-themed dance party.

‘Never give up on your dreams’

23rd Annual Radiothon kicks off with special performance by country music singer MaRynn Taylor.

Patient Story

‘There was so much help available’

After her daughter's birth, Kendra Moffett partnered with the Maternal Infant Health Program to help her shape a new life for her family.

RSV strikes hard this year

Children's hospitals are seeing a growing number of children battle this seasonal respiratory virus.

Are growing pains real?

Leg aches and muscle pains during preteen and adolescent years may be common, but it's rarely a cause for worry.

Patient Story

‘The best feeling in the world’

Advanced brain-mapping technology and brain surgery give a Michigan boy, 6, hope for a life without seizures.