School Health News

The rate of asthma hospitalization in children may be related to factors such as the school calendar year and common cold viruses, which also may impact the asthma hospitalization rate in adults, according to recent research.

The installation of water coolers was linked to reduced weight and BMI of elementary and middle school students, according to recent research in JAMA Pediatrics.

Region-focused and gradual school closure policies, which target schools with high levels of influenza, may prevent widespread outbreaks of pandemic influenza and decrease the cost burden associated with current response policies, according to research in PLOS Computational Biology.

Children living in rural, low-socioeconomic areas were at an increased risk for medication poisoning resulting in referral to a hospital or physician, according to recent research in Clinical Toxicology.

Live-attenuated influenza vaccine was not as effective as inactivated vaccine at protecting children and adolescents against the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 strain; however, the two vaccines were equally effective against influenza A(H3N2) and B strains, according to data in Pediatrics.

The nutritional value of student meal choices was improved after the implementation of the 2010 Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, according to recent research in JAMA Pediatrics.

A recent meta-analysis showed that parent-targeted interventions did not reduce tobacco smoke exposure in children, although they did prevent smoking relapse among mothers during their postpartum period.

A significant proportion of uninjured high school athletes presented with symptoms related to post-concussion syndrome, making symptom-based diagnosis of concussions difficult for clinicians, according to recent research in JAMA Pediatrics.

Injury rates related to cheerleading are lower than most other high school sports; however, these injuries may be more severe, according to recent research in Pediatrics.

Two children have contracted circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 with accompanying acute flaccid paralysis in Myanmar, according to WHO.