Pediatrics News

A higher risk for developing psoriasis was found in subjects who were fed formula as infants compared with those who were breastfed for at least the first 4 months of life, according to a Swedish study.

Tofacitinib’s benefits in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis extend through at least 48 months, with no new safety findings, according to data published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

The FDA has approved Zoryve cream 0.15% for the treatment of mild to moderate atopic dermatitis in adult and pediatric patients aged 6 years and older, Arcutis announced in a press release.

Bloomberg Philanthropies announced that it has donated $1 billion to make Johns Hopkins University’s medical school free for most of its students seeking an MD.

In the United States, 41,116 people died by suicide in 2021, making suicides the leading type of violent death that year, MMWR data showed.

Late last month, members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced H.R. 8839, the bipartisan Maternal and Infant Syphilis Prevention Act.

Clascoterone cream 1% caused mild, reversible hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis suppression under maximum-use exposure in patients with acne vulgaris, according to a study.

Individuals exposed to nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter less than 10 µm as a child faced elevated odds for bronchitic symptoms as an adult, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Dupilumab treatment was associated with the reduced risk for atopic march progression in pediatric and adolescent patients with atopic dermatitis, according to a study.

Installation of a stethoscope disinfection device improved hand hygiene compliance among health care workers at an urgent care clinic and ED, researchers reported.