What You Need to Know About Kids' COVID Vax Dose Lower dose showed good antibody response, low side effects Nov 04, 2021
Head Trauma Guidelines Often Abandoned for Young Patients in the ED "There's a lot of room for improvement," researcher says Oct 29, 2021
Sudden Psychosis, Abnormal CSF in Three Teens With COVID In two cases, patients responded to immunotherapy Oct 25, 2021
CPR on a COVID Patient: Not a Moment to Waste Looking for PPE Updated AHA guidance says resuscitation should not be delayed by mask availability Oct 14, 2021
Egg-Free Flu Shot Works for Kids Novel platform for growing virus to make vaccine on par with traditional egg-based vaccine Oct 13, 2021
FDA Nudges Restaurants, Food Manufacturers to Cut Sodium Voluntary guidance aims to reduce Americans' sodium intake by 12% Oct 13, 2021
Some Teens Want to Quit Vaping: Pediatricians Can Help Anne Griffiths, MD, discusses vaping trends, risks for COVID, and more Oct 13, 2021
Hospital Policy Slashes IV Acetaminophen Use for Tonsillectomy Standing orders for oral use led to better care, reduced cost, researchers said Oct 12, 2021
Perinatal COVID: More Answers Needed on Preterm Birth, Maternal Mortality Evolving questions about new moms and infants during the pandemic Oct 11, 2021
Collateral Damage of COVID-19: Home Injuries, Suicides in Kids? Trends during a period when many kids were kept out of school Oct 10, 2021
Study: Kids Exposed to Harmful Plastics During Heart Surgery Are tubing and blood bags sources of trouble? Oct 09, 2021
Is This the Future of Corticosteroids? Novel agent, aimed at doing away with adverse metabolic effects, proves mettle in DMD Oct 05, 2021
Hospitalizations, Intubations Surged in Kids in Arkansas During Delta Public health data suggests variant may lead to more severe outcomes in children Oct 03, 2021
Bone Disease Drug Misses Endpoint, But Still Very Much Alive Favorable results on most outcomes may suggest poor choice of primary Oct 02, 2021
Nurses See New Career Opportunities in Medical Cannabis Space Some cite burnout and frustration with traditional healthcare settings as factors Oct 01, 2021
Kids' Colds Didn't Take a Break During the Pandemic While flu mostly disappeared, little change seen for rhinovirus, enterovirus cases Oct 01, 2021
Does Slight Autism Risk With Epidurals Matter? Study authors and JAMA editorial say probably not Sep 28, 2021
More Severe Congenital Heart Disease Tied to Lower IQ in Kids IQ reduced by 10 points compared with healthy peers Sep 24, 2021
Longer Hydroxyurea Tied to Improved Sickle-Cell Heart Issues Kids on treatment for less than 1 year had a significantly greater prevalence of LV dilation Sep 16, 2021
Myocarditis VAERS Analysis Sparks Social Media Uproar Doctors worry misinterpretation will fuel misinformation campaigns Sep 15, 2021
IBD and Pediatric Arthritis: Exploring the Link Risk factors include enthesitis, family history, and etanercept use Sep 15, 2021
Which Pediatric Research Is Overfunded by NIH? And which conditions are underfunded, and why Sep 14, 2021
Baltimore School Vision Program Misses the Mark in Raising Most Test Scores A fleeting reading benefit suggests modifications to the intervention may help, however Sep 10, 2021
Boston Medical Community Grieves Doctors Killed in Tragic Plane Crash "They loved medicine, they loved each other, and they loved life" Sep 09, 2021
Paralympian Superstar Swimmer's Fibular Hemimelia A look at gold medalist Jessica Long's condition Sep 01, 2021
A Familiar Drug Can Keep Early-Stage HCM at Bay Treatment with valsartan most beneficial when started early? Aug 27, 2021
Are Concerns About Teen Vaping Overblown? New analysis finds lower risks could offset surging popularity Aug 25, 2021
Oral Drug Active in Teens With Atopic Dermatitis Significant improvement at 12 weeks in 42-46% by one index, 68-72% by another Aug 24, 2021
More and More U.S. Kids Being Diagnosed With Diabetes Rises seen in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes Aug 24, 2021
Eric Balmir Says Pediatric-Ready Drugs Are on the Horizon The chief pharmacy officer at Children's National Hospital discusses his career and the future Aug 21, 2021
Surgical Tray Recalled After Two Infant Deaths Class I recall due to missing instructions for surgical scalpel used for critically ill newborns Aug 20, 2021
More Teens Are Trying to Quit Vaping Than Ever Before Over half of adolescent e-cigarette users want to quit and have tried to quit, new study shows Aug 18, 2021
Watch for Eye Problems in Kids Born to Mothers With Diabetes Any type of diabetes exposure in utero increased risk for high refractive error Aug 17, 2021
Preterm Birth, Autism Link Cemented Big Swedish study documents "dose-response" relationship Aug 11, 2021
Is Delta Also More Severe in Kids? Data are in short supply, but hard-hit children's hospitals are sounding alarms Aug 10, 2021
U.S. Kids Chowed Down on Highly Processed Foods Majority of energy intake came from ready-to-eat, ultraprocessed foods in 1999-2018 Aug 10, 2021
Anti-CD7 CAR-T Therapy Yields High Response Rate in Acute Leukemia Complete responses in 18 of 20 patients with relapsed/refractory T-cell ALL Aug 04, 2021
NewYork-Presbyterian Sued for Allegedly Ignoring Child Sexual Abuse Former patient says anorexia specialist Joseph Silverman abused her when she was 11 Aug 02, 2021
Teen Seeks Care for Delayed Growth Compared With His Twin Case shows confluence of hormone therapy cost and limited resources in developing areas Aug 02, 2021
FDA OKs First Interchangeable Insulin Biosimilar Semglee and Lantus insulin glargine products can now be swapped by pharmacists Jul 29, 2021