Sofia’s Update Archive
Sudbury, MA (February 16, 2008) — Massachusetts is sending two new representatives to the nation’s Capitol this March, but the young ambassadors aren’t politicians. 9 year-old Andy Treviño and 4 year-old Sofía Treviño of Sudbury will represent the state’s children treated at Children’s Hospital Boston as the Massachusetts Champion
(Ally Donnelly, NECN: Boston, MA) – A Boston hospital has received a grant to establish the world’s first-ever center to study orphan diseases. An orphan disease is any disease or disorder affecting less than 200,000 people in the United States. Because the disorders affect so few, researchers have a