Pediatrics
Commentary
What have we learned from COVID?
Work in primary care centers may see limitations using virtual medicine to meet the needs of all patients.
Commentary
Provide support in uncertain times
Listen to children’s or teens’ concerns and share information in developmentally appropriate ways. It is okay to not have all of the answers.
Commentary
COVID-19: A primary care perspective
Continued education, cooperation, and adaptation will be needed in the months ahead.
Conference Coverage
Be wary of ‘for eczema’ claims on labels of popular moisturizers
Only products claiming to be “hypoallergenic” had significantly lower allergenic ingredient count than those without the claim.
Commentary
The public’s trust in science
We still can’t reliably say how much protection a cloth mask provides.
News
Early childhood overweight, obesity tied to high cardiometabolic syndrome risk
Parents, primary care providers have an opportunity to “flatten the curve” by addressing BMI increases early in life to delay or prevent obesity...
News
Children rarely transmit SARS-CoV-2 within households
Most children with COVID-19 disease are infected inside family groups, but are not the initial transmitters.
Conference Coverage
Sorting out the many mimickers of psoriasis
“When suspecting psoriasis in a pediatric patient, it is important to consider the history and physical exam as well as family history and...
News
Despite guidelines, children receive opioids and steroids for pneumonia and sinusitis
ED visits were more than four times more likely to result in opioid prescriptions, relative to ambulatory visits, according to an analysis of...
News
Diagnostic criteria may miss some MIS-C cases, experts say
“There is concern that children meeting current diagnostic criteria for MIS-C are the ‘tip of the iceberg,’ and a bigger problem may be lurking...