Combination vaccines enhance childhood immunization by reducing the number of shots, improving adherence, and potentially increasing overall vaccination rates. In 1999, the American Academy of ...

Alesia McKeown, PhD, of Roche Diagnostics discusses why pertussis is missed in children and adolescents and how PCR testing can help. Pertussis (whooping cough) is often regarded as a ...

VCA-894A received FDA rare pediatric disease designation for CMT2S, an ultrarare inherited neuropathy with limited treatment options. The FDA has granted rare pediatric disease designation to VCA-894A ...

Newborns without intramuscular vitamin K had an adjusted 52% higher odds of any bleeding and nearly 3-fold higher odds of intracranial hemorrhage by 6 months of age. Nonreceipt of intramuscular ...

Tegacorat received FDA orphan drug and rare pediatric disease designations for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The FDA has granted orphan drug and rare pediatric disease designations to tegacorat (GRM-01 ...

Nearly 15% of King County children received MMRV as their first measles- or varicella-containing vaccine between 2015 and 2025, a share that did not change despite ACIP's longstanding preference for ...

Pediatric guidance for Deaf and hard-of-hearing children highlights 1-3-6 screening benchmarks, early intervention, early ASL exposure, and timely hearing technology for stronger language outcomes.

The latest update to the HEEADSSS psychosocial interview for adolescents includes new questions on electronic media use in addition to its time-tested strategies for identifying the critical stressors ...

Digital tools like health apps, texts, and telemedicine show promise in managing childhood obesity, but require sustained engagement for long-term impact. A review article published in Frontiers aimed ...

An overview of commercially available infant cardiorespiratory monitors and pulse oximeters in the home. Over the past decade, there has been an emergence of commercially available home devices to ...

Despite the growing involvement of fathers in their children’s lives, there persists a lack of focus on fathers in pediatric care. Updated guidelines can help pediatricians to better engage fathers in ...

Finding an acceptable alternative to breast milk has proved to be a complicated quest that continues today. Finding an acceptable alternative to breast milk has proved to be a complicated quest that ...