Featured stories
-
Meet Luis
Like many boys his age, Luis wanted to be a soccer player when he grew up. But then he was diagnosed with cancer. Now he wants to help kids like him.
-
When Times Are 'Ruff'
Due to COVID-19, hospital therapy dogs Puggle and Huckleberry, along with their handlers Brittany Reed and Shandra Taylor, began providing virtual sessions to St. Jude patients.
-
A New Space for Testing
St. Jude nurses converted an outpatient clinic building into a COVID-19 screening facility for patient families. Learn more about their hard work.
-
Surveying Survivors During COVID-19
Concerned about contracting COVID-19, many survivors of childhood cancer turned to St. Jude staff in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study for answers.
-
Filling the Need: Printing Face Shields During a Pandemic
What do dedication and ingenuity sound like? At St. Jude, they reverberate in the quiet whir of 3D printers creating face masks for clinical staff. #HealthCareHeroes
-
Supporting Survivors Through the Pandemic
St. Jude has developed innovative ways to support our survivorship patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more about our new ways of staying connected.
-
Filling the Need: Producing Hand Sanitizer During a Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic as medical supplies like hand sanitizer became scarce, St. Jude staff worked together to devise a solution. Learn more.
-
Harnessing St. Jude Computing Power at Home
When St. Jude shifted to a work-from-home model in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists had to figure out how to move that same high-tech capability to low-tech kitchen tables and home offices. Learn how.
-
Navigating Clinical Research in a Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Jude balances safety and access to therapeutic clinical trials. Learn more about how our clinical research is continuing.
-
Look for the Helpers
St. Jude staff volunteer in different roles in a time of new and unfamiliar processes. Learn more about our volunteer staffing pool.
-
The Colors of Coronavirus
A COVID-related coloring book helps children understand the new coronavirus and alleviates anxiety for families. Read more and download this resource.
-
Traveling Band of Nurses
Nurses take care and services to patients at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read how they keep patients safe.
-
Take 5 and join our livestream May 5
Watch our livestream replay of celebrities and St. Jude patients taking 5 together, and keep helping children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.
-
Meeting Challenges in Times of Change: The Incident Command Center
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Incident Command Center has transformed the St. Jude campus. Learn more.
-
Racing a Pandemic
Each infection comes with its own challenges. Learn how St. Jude has confronted the threat of COVID-19
More to inspire
Even though she felt so ill, St. Jude patient Ellee looked forward to one thing — receiving a daily dose of encouraging messages.
-
Meet Mary Browder
When Mary Browder was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, her family never believed she would get back to a normal life. Today, her diagnosis is just one part of her story.
-
Meet Maverick
On NYE of 2017, Maverick went to the hospital with abnormal bloodwork. His family entered the new year facing a terrifying diagnosis: blood cancer.
-
Meet Chandler
After undergoing two brain surgeries and treatment for medulloblastoma, Chandler has completed his first half marathon at the 2017 St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend.
-
Meet María Isabella
Three-year-old María Isabella and her family have made the trip from Honduras to Memphis to seek hope, along with treatment at St. Jude for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
-
Meet Patient David
David is an outgoing boy from Honduras. After he received a diagnosis of blood cancer, David was immediately referred to St. Jude.
-
Meet Ellee
Even though she felt so ill, St. Jude patient Ellee looked forward to one thing — receiving a daily dose of encouraging messages.