School Health News

Recent findings published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal showed that the rate of hospitalizations for infectious diseases significantly declined among U.S. children during a 13-year period.

School-based clinics providing influenza vaccinations to school-aged children reduced the rate of influenza-related absenteeism from schools in Arkansas, according to recent study findings.

The proportion of schools in the United States that serves healthy school lunches increased significantly between 2006 and 2014, while the amount with unhealthy offerings decreased, according to a recent study in Preventing Chronic Disease.

Adolescent ethnic minorities who listen to rap music in seventh grade are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior by ninth grade, a relationship significantly mediated by perceived peer sexual behavior, according to a recent study.

Recent research suggested that family support and school influences toward physical activity may be stronger in boys than girls, resulting in less physical activity participation among girls.

Legislation mandating labels warning against the use of OTC cough and cold medicine among children younger than 6 years has resulted in only a modest decrease in parents turning to such treatments, and stronger measures may be required to further curb its practice, according to data published in the Canadian Journal of Public Health.

Lessons with integrated physical activity significantly improved mathematics and spelling test scores among elementary school-aged children, according to recent research in Pediatrics.

Entering school at an earlier age increased the risk for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder diagnosis and medication treatment among a cohort of children in Asia, according to recent research in The Journal of Pediatrics.

WASHINGTON — A new regimen, called CoMMPlete, effectively reduced acne among a cohort of student athletes, according to data presented at the 2016 American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting.

Recent research in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology indicated that skin infections among high school athletes most commonly occurred in wrestlers, along with other important epidemiological data regarding sports-related skin infections.