Pediatrics
Perspectives
“I Really Didn’t Want To Come In”: The Unseen Effects of COVID-19 on Children
Opinion
2020-2021 respiratory viral season: Onset, presentations, and testing likely to differ in pandemic
Expect variations on the traditional parade of seasonal respiratory viruses, with increased numbers of coinfections.
Conference Coverage
Distinguishing COVID-19 from flu in kids remains challenging
Clinicians need to prepare for managing coinfections of COVID-19 with flu and/or other respiratory viral infections in the upcoming flu season.
News
U.S. tops 500,000 COVID-19 cases in children
Milestone provides “a chilling reminder of why we need to take this virus seriously,” said the AAP president.
News
MIS-C cardiac evaluation requires more than EF
News
Asymptomatic children may transmit COVID-19 in communities
A South Korean case series of 91 children with COVID-19 identified detectable viral RNA for approximately 2 weeks’ duration.
News
Latest report adds almost 44,000 child COVID-19 cases in 1 week
Proportion of child cases highest in Wyoming, according to American Academy of Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital Association.
Latest News
FDA approves topical antiandrogen for acne
Approval was based in part on a pair of phase 3, double-blind, vehicle-controlled, 12-week, randomized trials.
News
Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections in kids tied to local rates
It is unclear how many children remain asymptomatic in comparison with those who were in a presymptomatic phase at the time of testing.
News
As COVID-19 cases increase in children, deaths remain low
Tennessee passed Arizona this week and now has the highest rate of cumulative cases.