Pediatrics News

Initiating infantile hemangioma treatment with propranolol 2 mg/kg per day did not yield more adverse events than 1 mg/kg per day, according to a study.

TORONTO — Trust in vaccines declined among parents and teenagers over a period of time that included the COVID-19 pandemic, according to survey results presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

Greater intake of ultraprocessed foods, like sugary drinks and ready-to-eat products, was associated with a slightly higher risk of all-cause mortality, according to results of a 30-study published in BMJ Open.

Belize, Jamaica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines became the latest nations to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) announced.

Ruxolitinib cream 1.5% was safe and well tolerated up for the short- and long-term treatment of atopic dermatitis in adolescents, according to an analysis of two phase 3 studies.

Since there is so much going on in food allergy studies and care — and so much more that needs to be done — the Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research is having three simultaneous conferences this summer, and everyone is invited.

The “We Can Do This” COVID-19 public education campaign by HHS resulted in an additional 55.9 million COVID-19 vaccines administered in the United States, saving tens of thousands of lives, research showed.

TORONTO — An adolescent medicine clinic more than quadrupled its HIV screening rate by offering point-of-care saliva testing, according to findings presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

TORONTO — Rotavirus vaccination is not associated with significant outbreaks of the disease in NICUs, according to a study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

TORONTO — An online training module that instructed clinicians to assess vaccination status and use strong language to recommend vaccines helped increased influenza vaccine uptake at 12 obstetrics clinics, according to researchers.