Pediatrics
News
Wuhan case review: COVID-19 characteristics differ in children vs. adults
Opinion
The role of medication in autism spectrum disorder
There are treatment modalities that have an evidence base for addressing specific areas that may be impaired in children with autism.
News
Managing children’s fear, anxiety in the age of COVID-19
Provide children with honest and accurate information geared to their age and developmental level.
News
Sexual-minority youth at greater risk for physical, sexual violence
For high school students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning, the risk of physical or sexual victimization was twofold to...
News
Rotavirus vaccination is not a risk factor for type 1 diabetes
The findings should provide reassurance that rotavirus vaccination can be safely administered to infants.
News
More inclusive assessment better predicts cognitive impairment in very preterm children
Tests at age 6 years provided the best diagnostic accuracy for finding risk for cognitive impairment at age 12 years.
News from the FDA/CDC
Flu activity declines again but remains high
Number of deaths in children at this point in the season is the highest seen since the 2009 pandemic.
News
Emollients didn’t prevent atopic dermatitis in high-risk infants
Moisturizers and dietary interventions early in life did not reduce rates of atopic dermatitis in two large clinical trials.
News
Intervention improves antibiotics use in UTIs
To promote judicious antibiotic use, researchers designed an intervention including the development of new local UTI guidelines and a live, case-...
Conference Coverage
Esophageal stricture signals urgent treatment in kids with butterfly skin
LONDON –