Pediatrics News

The FDA has granted rare pediatric disease designation to Descartes-08, an autologous mRNA cell therapy, for the treatment of juvenile dermatomyositis, Cartesian Therapeutics announced in a press release.

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Sublingual immunotherapy for house dust mite allergy improved allergic rhinitis symptoms among children aged 1 to 4 years over 12 months, according to a study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

Pediatric patients with community-acquired pneumonia spent less time in the hospital and receiving IV antibiotics when visited by a medical clown, according to a presentation at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Fish oil supplementation during pregnancy was associated with children having a lower or higher risk for developing atopic dermatitis depending on the mother’s genotype, according to a study.

Insecticide use and infant mortality have increased in United States counties affected by declining bat populations, according to a study published in Science.

WHO this week announced that cholera cases increased by 13% and cholera deaths increased by 71% globally in 2023.

Hypertonic saline nose drops shortened cold symptom duration in young children and decreased household transmission, according to findings presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Vienna.

E-cigarette use among middle and high school students in the United States dipped below 6% this year — the lowest level in a decade, according to federal data.

As many as one in five children had the wrong race listed in their electronic medical records in a study of pediatric health systems in Michigan.