Pediatrics News

In assessing neighborhood-level socioeconomic position indicators, researchers found a link between pediatric ICU admission rates and housing quality, household income and education, according to results published in CHEST.

Children absorb significantly less nicotine when they are exposed to secondhand vapor from an e-cigarette compared with secondhand smoke, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Switching to a Mediterranean diet during childhood and adolescence was associated with modest reductions in BP and an improved profile, which may extend to better heart health during adulthood, researchers reported.

A recently published case report summarized the successful initiation of buprenorphine treatment in two adolescents who presented to a pediatric ED with opioid withdrawal.

CMS has released its proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, or PFS, which includes a 2.93% cut in physician payments from the previous year, according to a press release.

About 40% of cancer cases and nearly half of cancer deaths among U.S. adults aged 30 years or older can be attributable to modifiable risk factors, according to a study led by American Cancer Society researchers.

Among urban American Indian and Alaska Native youth, there was a significant link between sleeping less on weekdays and more depression and anxiety symptoms 2 years later, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.

A 2023 outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 involving at least 13 children in Utah was linked to untreated municipal irrigation water, according to a CDC investigation published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

The monoclonal antibody nirsevimab reduced the risk that infants would be hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus-associated bronchiolitis, according to a study published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Adolescents who experienced housing insecurity beginning in infancy reported worse overall health outcomes, including anxiety and depressive symptoms, according to study results published in Pediatrics.