Pediatrics
From the Journals
Early screening may halve breast cancer mortality in childhood cancer survivors
A modeling study supports early breast cancer screening in women with a history of chest radiation.
Commentary
Consider adverse childhood experiences during the pandemic
What is the treatment for your patient’s high ACE score?
Conference Coverage
Schools can reopen safely with precautions, experts say
For many children, the benefits of in-person school likely outweigh the risks of SARS-CoV-2 transmission if safety precautions are followed.
Feature
Why doctors keep monitoring kids who recover from mysterious COVID-linked illness
When Israel Shippy had MIS-C, his mother said there was nothing she could do to make him comfortable.
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.
Commentary
The public’s trust in science
We still can’t reliably say how much protection a cloth mask provides.
From the Journals
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.
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Women who avoided pregnancy due to migraine said it would make raising a child difficult.
From the Journals
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...