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Children with mitochondrial disorders have altered B cell function, which weakens their immune response to viral infections, according to study results published in Frontiers in Immunology.

There was a “psychiatric boarding crisis” in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, as psychiatric services were not prepared to support the number of youths needing care, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

The introduction of eight WHO-recommended vaccines into national immunization schedules slowed during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers reported in MMWR.

The FDA said Wednesday that it has warned six companies about illegally selling what it called “copycat” edibles containing delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, a psychoactive and intoxicating substance found in cannabis sativa plants.

A total of 18 million doses of the world’s first malaria vaccine will be allocated to 12 countries in Africa, WHO announced Wednesday.

Medical spending is higher for children and young adults who do not have a healthy body mass index, including those who are underweight, according to study findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Children born to placentas with fetal inflammatory syndrome are more likely to be diagnosed with neuropsychiatric disorders, according to a study published in Translational Psychiatry.

Youth with autism are three times as likely to have a co-occurring diagnosis of gender dysphoria than peers who do not have autism, according to findings from a study of more than 900,000 adolescents published in Pediatrics.

Medicine is a dynamic profession and physicians are at the forefront of health care innovation, consistently pushing boundaries of patient care and driving both industry and practice patterns forward.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 against President Joe Biden’s proposed student debt relief program, a decision that could impact health care professionals with significant student loans, an expert said.