Pediatrics News

The NIH announced the beginning of a phase 1 first-in-human trial of a vaccine for Lassa fever, a potentially fatal viral hemorrhagic disease for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment.

Researchers developed a wearable jumpsuit with sensors that can objectively measure an infant’s gross motor development and, with the help of AI, identify milestones with more than 90% accuracy, according to findings reported in Pediatrics.

The contraction inhibitor atosiban prolonged labor in cases of threatened preterm birth beyond 30 weeks’ gestation but did not improve neonatal outcomes compared with placebo, researchers reported in The Lancet.

The American Academy of Dermatology has created a measles resource center for dermatologists to stay prepared during the current U.S. measles outbreak.

In primary care settings, the burden of RSV on young children and their guardians often varied between the countries of Belgium, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the U.K., according to results published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

SAN FRANCISCO — A slow immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection, delayed viral clearance, and viral rebound can all increase a person’s risk for long COVID, according to study data.

Physicians treating Medicare patients are staring down the barrel of five consecutive years of cuts to their reimbursement rates.

Flash photos typically produce a red reflection in people’s eyes, but sometimes that reflection can appear white or gray, which is known as leukocoria.

SAN FRANCISCO — Increasing HPV vaccination rates could help decrease the number of cancer cases “attributable to HIV,” according to data from a study presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.