Eye Care News

An AI model was able to identify several common eye diseases in children using cell phone photos that could be taken at home, researchers reported in JAMA Pediatrics.

The following case, provided by Michael Cater, MD, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, California, is the first of a two-part series.

We checked in with CDC Director Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH, for an update on the agency’s efforts to modernize the nation’s disease surveillance and data systems and improve how the CDC communicates with the public and physicians.

Participation in the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting is back to pre-COVID-19 levels of engagement, according to one of the event’s program chairs.

Healio spoke with I. Paul Singh, MD, about the management of dry eye in pediatric patients.

Naked-eye 3-dimensional vision training was safe and controlled progression of axial length and spherical equivalent refraction in children with myopia, according to a study conducted in China and published in JAMA Pediatrics.

The Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium will bid farewell this year to a couple of longtime presenters.

WASHINGTON — The American Academy of Pediatrics on Monday named Anthony S. Fauci, MD, FAAP, an honorary fellow for what it called his “decades of distinguished leadership, dedication, wisdom and service to children and families.”

Making a definitive diagnosis for a pediatric patient presenting with conjunctivitis can be difficult. Conjunctivitis in the pediatric patient can be mimicked by nasolacrimal duct (NLD) obstruction and caused by allergies, bacteria, and viruses. Because antimicrobial cultures take time and are not always accurate, the diagnosis and treatment of conjunctivitis are often based on the physician’s knowledge regarding the current literature on likely pathogens and clinical experience. Therefore, pediatricians must be aware of the clinical signs and symptoms that can provide a differential diagnosis of conjunctivitis, so that it can be properly treated.