Neonatal Medicine News

More than half of children with acute otitis media and 32% of children with upper respiratory infections tested positive for multiple pathogens in their nasal passages, according to a study presented at IDWeek.

In pregnant women with MS given ocrelizumab, treatment did not result in infant B-cell depletion after birth, and the drug was virtually undetectable in the bloodstream of mother and child, according to a poster from ECTRIMS 2024.

Fewer parents are introducing their infants to complementary foods earlier than recommended, but according to recent data, some racial and socioeconomic groups are more likely to introduce their babies to solid food before age 4 months.

Cannabis use among women during early pregnancy did not correspond with an increased risk for early developmental delays in children, a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open showed.

Another monoclonal antibody for preventing respiratory syncytial virus disease in infants could enter the market as early as next year, based on the results of two studies presented at IDWeek, Merck said.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a draft recommendation encouraging physicians to provide counseling that supports breastfeeding to people who are pregnant or who recently gave birth.

Infant mortality rose 7%, and infant deaths with congenital anomalies increased 10% in the year following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, according to research published in JAMA Pediatrics.

A significant number of Medicaid-insured infants infected with HIV in the first year of their life did not receive postnatal antiretroviral prophylaxis, a study presented at IDWeek showed.

Children with health care-associated respiratory syncytial virus were more likely to need respiratory support, compared with children with community-associated RSV, according to a recent study.