ACIP Votes to 'Harmonize' Dosing and Interval for Meningococcal B Vaccines Bexsero dosing interval to match that of Trumenba Oct 24, 2024
Old-Line Rheum Drugs Lose Luster in JIA Treatment patterns shift as new products come on board Oct 24, 2024
EPA Imposes Stricter Standards to Protect Kids From Lead Paint Exposure "There is no safe level of lead," said agency official Oct 24, 2024
First Cases of New Neurology Syndrome Identified Long non-coding RNA implicated in human disease Oct 23, 2024
New Elective for Med Students Gives Credit for Parenting, Caregiving The elective allows new parents to spend time with their child while gaining knowledge Oct 23, 2024
Prepregnancy Obesity, Eating Disorders Linked to Mental Health Diagnoses in Kids Largest effect sizes seen for sleep disorders, social functioning and tic disorders Oct 22, 2024
Three Cycles of Chemo Noninferior to Six for Rare Childhood Eye Cancer Three cycles could become the new standard for retinoblastoma, researchers say Oct 21, 2024
Few Teens Regret Gender-Affirming Medical Care, Survey Shows Only 4% reported regret after receiving puberty blockers, gender-affirming hormones Oct 21, 2024
Hundreds More Infants Died After Dobbs Ruling Nationwide findings mirror those from research after Texas banned early pregnancy abortion Oct 21, 2024
Sustained Disease Control in Adolescent Myasthenia Gravis With FcRn Blocker Nipocalimab plus standard of care reduced IgG and was well tolerated Oct 19, 2024
Novel Monoclonal Antibody Protects Infants Against RSV Clesrovimab reduced severe disease, hospitalizations in preterm and term healthy infants Oct 19, 2024
Women and Children First -- Or Not A look at the presidential candidates' records on maternal and child health Oct 19, 2024
Whooping Cough in the U.S. Is at a Decade-High Level In Wisconsin, there have been about 1,000 cases so far this year versus a total of 51 last year Oct 19, 2024
Teen Smoking, Other Tobacco Use Dropped to Lowest Level in 25 Years, CDC Reports A drop in vaping largely explains the overall decline in tobacco use Oct 18, 2024
How Does This Year's Flu Shot Stack Up? Effectiveness appears to be on a downward trend, CDC data suggest Oct 18, 2024
Gene Therapy Details Revealed in Duchenne Trial Differences between delandistrogene moxeparvovec and placebo emerge in secondary outcomes Oct 18, 2024
Organ Donor Comes Back to Life; New Flu Shot Is Different; Doc Sued for Trans Care Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Oct 18, 2024
Kids' Neurodevelopment Appears Unharmed by Maternal COVID Infection Study may ease fears about potential neurodevelopmental effects of fetal COVID exposure Oct 17, 2024 video
Lawmakers Pan DEA's Leaked Plans for Telehealth Meanwhile, a third extension of current rules is in the works Oct 16, 2024
Chronic Skin Condition Tied to Host of Health Risks for Mother and Child Risks identified in both the peripartum period and long-term Oct 16, 2024
Can Aerosolized Nut Particles on a Plane Really Cause an Allergic Reaction? Researchers look at the myth and the effectiveness of nut bans Oct 16, 2024
15.5M Adults Have ADHD; Pediatric Social Media Harms; Loneliness Affects 1 in 5 News and commentary from the psychiatry world Oct 16, 2024
Want to Lower Preterm Birth Rates? Spend More on Social Programs Particular benefit seen in Black women Oct 15, 2024
State to Pay $13M After Shooter Drill Terrified Kids' Psych Hospital Fifty children at the hospital will each receive about $60,000 Oct 15, 2024
Clonidine Comparable to Morphine for Infants With Opioid Withdrawal Randomized trial showed no significant differences in length of treatment, neurobehavioral scores Oct 15, 2024
Study Suggests No Suicide Signal in Teens Prescribed GLP-1 Agonists GLP-1 treatment was tied to lower risks of suicidal ideation, attempts vs lifestyle interventions Oct 14, 2024
Do Lipid Values in Adolescence Improve CVD Risk Prediction? Including lipids did not prove superior to non-laboratory-based criteria alone, study finds Oct 14, 2024
Type 2 Diabetes Diagnoses Emerge in Teens Months After COVID Risk of new diabetes diagnosis was higher compared with non-COVID respiratory infections Oct 14, 2024
Tezepelumab for Severe Asthma Improves the Odds of a Good Night's Sleep However, analysis did not control for treatments of comorbid sleep disorders, expert points out Oct 11, 2024
Elamipretide for Barth Syndrome Survives FDA Advisory Vote Panelists acknowledge difficulty generating stronger data in ultra-rare disease Oct 11, 2024
Kate Middleton's Post-Chemo Debut; CDC Probes Cancer Cluster; 15M Adults Have ADHD Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Oct 11, 2024
Gene Therapy for Rare Brain Disease Effective, but Comes With Blood Cancer Risk 10% of patients in trials leading to eli-cel's approval developed MDS or AML Oct 09, 2024
FDA Reviewers Cast Doubt on Drug Candidate for Barth Syndrome Agency appears unswayed by mitochondria-targeting drug for rare cardioskeletal disease Oct 09, 2024
How Long Should Kids Stay Out of School After They've Had COVID? Healthcare professionals with children weigh in Oct 09, 2024
'The Office' Star Has Cancer; Trump Sent COVID Tests to Putin? 3% of Teens Are Trans Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Oct 09, 2024
Allergists Mostly Optimistic About Prescribing Biologics for Food Allergy However, while promising, biologics are still new and costly, some say Oct 08, 2024
Here's This Year's Crop of Best Children's Hospitals Some changes were implemented to annual rankings from U.S. News & World Report Oct 08, 2024
States Sue TikTok, Claiming It's Addictive and Harms the Mental Health of Children The District of Columbia called the algorithm "dopamine-inducing" Oct 08, 2024
Cannabis Use in Teens, Young Adults Linked to Lower Academic Success Frequency of use and age of onset also implicated in worse outcomes Oct 07, 2024
