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HOUSTON, Dec. 13, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Brittanee Baade, 16-year-old who's waiting for a liver and kidney transplant at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, thought she was winning the Backstreet...

HOUSTON, Dec. 7, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Thirteen-month-old Taylor Forbes, who has spent all but three weeks of her life at Texas Children's Hospital, has a very short list for Santa this year. She wants...

HOUSTON, Dec. 6, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Texas Children's Hospital has opened registration for its annual Kids' Fun Run to take place on Saturday, January 14th, starting at 9 a.m. at the George R. Brown...

PHOTO ADVISORY, Dec. 1, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Seven-time Cy-Young Award winner and World Series champion, Roger "the Rocket" Clemens, took some time out yesterday to visit with young cancer patients at...

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 10, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Mark A. Wallace, FACHE, president and chief executive officer of Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, has been named the 2005 recipient of the Texas...

HOUSTON, Sept. 29, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Oncology patients received a small dosage of hope last week when Arranon(r) (nelarabine) Injection, a cancer-fighting drug, was recommended for accelerated...

HOUSTON, Sept. 28, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- A three-month-old Corpus Christi resident, Brady Burch, is one of the smallest pediatric patients in the country to receive a Berlin Heart, a scaled-down heart...

HOUSTON, Sept. 22, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Texas Children's Hospital is taking proactive measures to prepare for Hurricane Rita. It is working closely with city officials and the Texas Medical...

HOUSTON, Aug. 30, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Texas Children's Hospital, the nation's largest pediatric hospital, is sending its Kangaroo Crew(R) transport team to Louisiana to evacuate seriously ill...

HOUSTON, July 29, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Medicaid was signed into law on July 30, 1965. Forty years later it is providing 2.7 million Texas residents -- more than half of them children -- with access to...