Mixed Signals for Paxlovid and Long COVID Risk in CDC Study Antiviral protected older at-risk patients, but appeared to increase risk in teens Oct 16, 2023
Mental Health Warning Signs in Latinx Kids Tied to Cardiometabolic Risks Signs of depression, anxiety in middle school linked with troubles by high school Oct 16, 2023
Vaccination Tied to Lower Risk of Long COVID in Children Findings may encourage increased pediatric vaccine uptake, researcher says Oct 15, 2023
Breastfeeding Amps Up Maternal Flu Vax Protection for Infants Association strongest with exclusive breastfeeding Oct 14, 2023
Disparities in Vision Testing for Adolescents Testing lags in clinic settings for the socioeconomically disadvantaged, but not in schools Oct 14, 2023
Kids' Use of Cannabis and Tobacco Rose From 2021 to 2022 CDC survey data revealed increases in use of cannabis, tobacco, and both together Oct 13, 2023
Is It Time to Add Universal CMV Screening for Newborns? While not quite as sensitive as saliva PCR testing, dried blood spot testing has promise Oct 13, 2023
U.S. Healthcare System Creates Barriers to Vaccine Access, Expert Says Clinics are struggling to purchase pediatric COVID vaccines and the monoclonal antibody for RSV Oct 13, 2023 video
Intranasal COVID Vaccine Generates Strong Immune Response Plus: Detecting viruses in wastewater and the maternal RSV vaccine for protecting infants Oct 12, 2023
Mixed Findings on Link Between Eczema and Neuropsychiatric Conditions Increased rates of OCD, anxiety, depression in adults but no clear associations in children Oct 12, 2023
Opposing Gun Ownership by Domestic Abusers Is My Lane Commit to speaking out during Domestic Violence Awareness Month Oct 11, 2023
Docs and Vaccine-Hesitant Patients: Don't Debunk, but Do Discuss Ryan Hassan, MD, MPH, urges clinicians to be gentle when dealing with disinformation and distrust Oct 11, 2023 video
U.S. Doc Trapped in Gaza; DEA Extends Virtual Prescribing; Girl's Brain Disconnected Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Oct 11, 2023
ART Births Linked to Slightly Higher Risk of Congenital Anomalies in Kids Intracytoplasmic sperm injection, in particular, shows risk for major genitourinary abnormalities Oct 10, 2023
Tamoxifen Fails to Deliver on Clinical Promise for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Phase III trial finds that repurposed tamoxifen was safe but ineffective Oct 10, 2023
Study Finds Racial Disparities in Treatment Rates for Teen Depression Lowest rates of treatment were seen for Latinx, biracial kids based on 2021 data Oct 09, 2023
SMART Therapy for Asthma: Press Gas or Hit the Brakes? Therapy with proven benefits still finding its footing without regulatory approval Oct 09, 2023
'Good' Cholesterol and Dementia Risk; Water Allergy; Firearms Deaths Surge in Kids Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Oct 05, 2023
FDA Panel Endorses DFMO for Kids' High-Risk Neuroblastoma in Remission Large improvement in event-free survival, but questions linger about sources of data Oct 04, 2023
How Bad Will This Respiratory Virus Season Be? CDC Weighs In. Agency officials also outlined recommendations for COVID, RSV, and influenza vaccines Oct 04, 2023
Pediatric EDs Able to Sway Some Families, Clinicians on Penicillin Challenge Time constraints, fear of reaction among top concerns cited by clinicians Oct 04, 2023
Mixed Bag for Early Metformin in Gestational Diabetes EMERGE trial misses on primary endpoint, but secondary outcomes suggest potential benefit Oct 03, 2023
FDA Advisors to Consider DFMO Maintenance for High-Risk Neuroblastoma in Kids Lack of options for relapsed disease versus uncertainty about supporting data Oct 03, 2023
A Framework to Communicate With Pregnant Patients About the RSV Vaccine A values-based decision-making framework is key Oct 03, 2023
Preoperative Algorithm Might Halve Unnecessary Oophorectomies in Children Researchers point to potential for reduction in lifelong consequences Oct 03, 2023
COVID Vax in Pregnancy Protects Young Infants Against Omicron But only about one-fourth of pregnant women reported getting the vaccine Oct 02, 2023
FDA OKs Another Injectable for Rare Kidney Disorder Nedosiran approved for patients ages 9 years and older with primary hyperoxaluria type 1 Oct 02, 2023
AMA Too Woke? FDA Warns on Probiotics; Medicare Drug-Price Negotiation Moves Forward Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Oct 02, 2023
The ED Is Not the Place to Refer Kids With Mental Health Concerns An honest look at how the nation's emergency departments are pushed to the limit Oct 01, 2023
Are Obesity Drugs for Adolescents Cost-Effective? Despite the effectiveness of these medications, costs are a major barrier Sep 30, 2023
New Two-Tier System to Weed Out Some Pediatric Heart Surgery Centers Low-volume congenital and pediatric heart programs may be cut in national reorganization Sep 29, 2023
Obamacare Makes Surprise Cameo in Second GOP Debate Fentanyl crisis, transgender care, and abortion also got some air time Sep 28, 2023
FDA Displeased With Companies Purposely Adding Sesame to More Foods Agency issues updated guidance for limiting cross-contamination in wake of FASTER act Sep 27, 2023
COVID Vax Appointment Cancelled? New Shot Rollout Faces Challenges Insurance approval delays, slower than ideal supply chain contributing to rocky vaccine rollout Sep 27, 2023
Who Really Needs a Yearly COVID Booster? "We will have the biggest impact by focusing on high-risk groups," Paul Offit says Sep 27, 2023 video
Long COVID Rare in U.S. Kids, Has Affected 7% of Adults More common among girls and women Sep 26, 2023
CDC Advisors Endorse Maternal RSV Vax to Protect Newborns Vast majority of infants will not need monoclonal antibody if mom has received the vaccine Sep 22, 2023
Amoxicillin Alone for Acute Sinusitis Holds Up Against Broad-Spectrum Cousin Excess adverse events tilts balance away from amoxicillin-clavulanate for kids Sep 22, 2023
FDA Advisors Grapple With Logistical, Ethical Issues of Artificial Womb Technology Further discussion about first-in-human trials is ongoing Sep 20, 2023
