Pediatrics News

Later bedtime and shorter sleep duration at ages 5 and 9 years were associated with a greater likelihood of children trying alcohol or marijuana by age 15 years, according to study findings published in Annals of Epidemiology.

Clinicians will gather for AIMed24 to meet with industry leaders and innovators and attend keynotes and workshops to discuss the future of AI implementation in medicine, according to information from the meeting organizers.

Most providers are still prescribing 10-day courses of antibiotics for acute otitis media despite recommendations calling for shorter durations of treatment, according to study findings.

Attempts to curtail prior authorizations for patients insured by Medicare Advantage plans have failed in back-to-back legislative sessions in 2019 and 2021, but a new bill has some experts hopeful that the third time is a charm.

A measles outbreak in Oregon has grown to include 30 cases, all of them in unvaccinated people, according to state health officials, who warned about further spread as the school year begins.

Children with medical complexity were twice as likely to be diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental or mental health condition, according to findings published in Pediatrics.

Black and Hispanic/Latino infants who were brought to hospitals with a fever were less likely to have documented shared decision-making regarding lumbar puncture and ED discharge, a study found.

Children with diverse skin types with atopic dermatitis-prone skin did not experience any adverse events when using a sunscreen formulated with antioxidants, according to a study.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, has issued an advisory calling for a “fundamental shift” in how the well-being and mental health of parents and caregivers are valued and prioritized.

Some groups of children appeared to experience improved mental health symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic when compared with pre-pandemic conditions, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.