Eye Care News

The White House withdrew the nomination of David Weldon, MD, to be CDC director on Thursday morning, just hours before he was to appear before a Senate committee.

The FDA accepted a new drug application for SYD-101 to slow the progression of pediatric myopia and assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act date of Oct. 23, according to a press release from Sydnexis.

Senators questioned Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, about proposed NIH cuts to biomedical research, the safety of vaccines, and government transparency during his nomination hearing Wednesday to be the next director of the NIH.

AI has shown promise for remote patient monitoring and alerting providers in ICUs, but still has limitations as a clinical tool in pediatrics.

Spending at least 15 minutes at a time outside appeared to lead to less myopic shift among elementary school students, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

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.