Pediatrics News

Children and adolescents diagnosed with COVID-19 were more likely to develop new-onset type 2 diabetes than those who had other respiratory infections, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Over three decades, changes to organ allocation policies were associated with reduced waitlist mortality and increased rates of liver transplant among children with pediatric acute liver failure, according to research in JAMA Surgery.

As older Americans continue to shoulder much of the COVID-19 burden, new data show that most went without a vaccine last winter and that those who got sick rarely received antivirals.

The number of pertussis cases in the United States has quadrupled over the last 12 months, according to the CDC, raising questions as to what is behind the sudden, significant spike.

Bluebird Bio’s lentiviral vector gene therapy Skysona met its primary efficacy endpoint of survival without major functional disability in 81% of boys with early cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy, a recent analysis 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.

Cincinnati Children's was named the top hospital for pediatric pulmonology and lung surgery in the 2024 to 2025 rankings by U.S. News & World Report.

When investing, time in the market is arguably as important as well-publicized factors, such as rate of return, initial amount of investment (principal) and costs of investing.

Stage at diagnosis and survival among younger individuals with cancer varied considerably by race, according to a retrospective cohort study.

Less than half of drugs approved between 2015 and 2021 were required to conduct pediatric trials under the Pediatric Research Equity Act, according to findings published in JAMA.