Pediatrics
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Experts: EPA should assess risk of sunscreens’ UV filters
The assessment is urgently needed and the results should be shared with the Food and Drug Administration, the experts said.
News from the FDA/CDC
Long COVID doubles risk of some serious outcomes in children, teens
“Many of these conditions were rare or uncommon among children in this analysis, but even a small increase in these conditions is notable.”
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Banana Boat recalls scalp sunscreen spray
The recall comes a little over a year after Johnson & Johnson recalled five sunscreens due to low levels of benzene.
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Single dose of HPV vaccine is ‘game changer,’ says WHO
“These recommendations will enable more girls and women to be vaccinated and thus preventing them from having cervical cancer and all its...
Conference Coverage
Study explores gender differences in pediatric melanoma
Male gender independently increased mortality, even after adjustment for confounding variables such as stage at diagnosis.
From the Journals
Study finds higher risk of skin cancer after childhood organ transplant
There’s an increased incidence of keratinocyte carcinoma in children who receive a solid-organ transplant, but it does not tend to develop until...
Conference Coverage
International trial finds best regimen for Ewing sarcoma
This is the first randomized head-to-head comparison of chemotherapy regimens in patients with this rare and deadly disease.
Guidelines
Myositis guidelines aim to standardize adult and pediatric care
These are the first guidelines on how to manage adult and pediatric patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM).
Feature
Ex–hospital porter a neglected giant of cancer research
An Indian immigrant who once emptied bedpans in a Boston hospital went on to become the “father of chemotherapy.”
Feature
Medical education programs tell how climate change affects health
Medical schools are educating the next generation of doctors on one of the most widespread, insidious health threats of our time.
Conference Coverage
Program successfully boosts pediatric cancer research
In the year prior to RACE implementation, there were no approvals of therapeutics.