Pediatrics
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Enriched infant formula offers no academic benefit later: Study
Researchers analyzed academic results of adolescents who were given either fortified formula or standard formula as infants and found no benefit...
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Hormone blocker sticker shock – again – as patients lose cheaper drug option
A company with two nearly identical drug products charged nearly eight times more for one of them.
Conference Coverage
Drug combo at outset of polyarticular JIA benefits patients most
Despite the wariness that some families and even providers have about starting JIA therapy with both a biologic and conventional DMARD, new data...
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: New cases up again after dropping for 8 weeks
Less than a week after vaccine approval, initiation in those aged 5-11 years already outpaced the older children.
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Breast milk of COVID-19–infected mothers helps build infant’s immune defenses
Children born to mothers infected with the COVID-19 virus were able to develop their own immune defenses via their mother’s breast milk.
From the Journals
More eczema in children exposed to toxic metals in utero
A wealth of previous research links arsenic exposure during adulthood to skin disease and immune dysfunction.
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Early peanut feeding guidelines still not reaching families
“Despite strong evidence that early introduction of peanut within the first year of life can prevent the development of peanut allergy, this...
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Expected spike in acute flaccid myelitis did not occur in 2020
COVID-19 interventions may have reduced transmission of the associated enteroviruses.
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Universal depression screening in schools doubles odds for teen treatment
A large trial in Pennsylvania finds a school-based universal intervention compared with current protocols significantly improved identification of...
From the Journals
Success of HPV vaccination: ‘Dramatic’ reduction in cervical cancer
Among young women who received the HPV vaccine when they were 12-13 years old, cervical cancer rates are 87% lower than among previous...