Fresno State News A Native American basket weaver, two university benefactors with ties to Valley agriculture, and the head of Valley Children's Healthcare will receive honorary doctoral degrees from Fresno State this year, the university announced Monday. Honorary doctorates are awarded on behalf of the California State University system and...
Valley Children’s Will Be Regional COVID Vaccine Hub, Hospital Says
Valley Children's Hospital has been named as a regional “pre-positioning” COVID-19 vaccine distribution site by the California Department of Public Health, officials said Wednesday. The hospital has adequate freezer capacity to store several hundred thousand vaccine doses, the hospital said in a news release. The first vaccines expected to receive federal approval,...
Bredefeld Leads Call for School Reopenings. Hospital Urges Caution.
Fresno City Councilman Garry Bredefeld says schools should reopen based on the data. Valley Children's Hospital says schools should remain closed, based on the data. In fact, "data" was uttered at least 34 times by the speakers at an hour-plus City Hall news conference organized Thursday morning by Bredefeld. Bredefeld...
Valley Children’s Hospital Says It’s Seeing More Kids With COVID-19
Like trying to put toothpaste back in the tube, Valley Children's Hospital is tired of hearing a narrative that kids aren't affected by COVID-19. Todd Suntrapak, president and CEO of Valley Children's Healthcare called statements that youngsters don't get the coronavirus or suffer consequences "a disservice to our children." Though...
Children's Hospital Goes All in With 128-Bed Mental Health Unit
A new hospital is coming to the Central Valley dedicated to behavioral health services. Valley Children's Healthcare announced Wednesday morning a partnership with Universal Health Services creating more beds for behavioral health services for both children and adults. VCH officials say the new facility will increase pediatrician behavioral health access by...
Valley Children's Again Ranks Among the Nation's Best
Valley Children's Hospital received its most impressive scorecard ever in the U.S. News & World Report's Best Children's Hospital list released Tuesday. The hospital is nationally ranked for 2019-20 in five pediatric specialties: diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, neonatology, orthopedics, and urology. Click on the links above to...