Practice Management News

During an introductory press briefing, new NIH Director Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, FACS, FASCO, called for a greater focus in clinical research to improve access to care.

Preterm infants faced an increased risk for appendicitis in the first year of life, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Compared with watchful waiting, tonsil removal yielded improvements in behavior, symptoms and quality of life at 12 months among children with mild sleep-disordered breathing, according to results published in JAMA.

Use of antivirals to treat influenza in children remains low despite their wide availability and guidelines recommending their use, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Handguns — not assault rifles — are the most commonly used weapons in school shootings perpetrated by adolescents in the United States, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

A primary care network reduced asthma related ED visits among its patients by one-third over the course of a decade by implementing a five-component intervention, according to study results published in Pediatrics.

COVID-19 caused a surge in premature births in California that “fully disappeared” by 2022, likely because of vaccines, researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

As baby boomers age into their 70s and 80s, it is estimated that more than $84 trillion will pass down through inheritances to millennial and Gen X heirs before 2045.

Prenatal vaccination protects infants from COVID-19 up to age 6 months, real-world study findings published in JAMA Network Open suggest. The study found that vaccination prior to pregnancy did not protect babies from the disease.

Among people being treated for HIV, young children experience the highest rate of death — up to nine times higher than other age groups, according to study findings published in MMWR.