Pediatrics News

WASHINGTON — A focus on patient follow-up, standardized medication adherence and barriers assessments can reduce racial and ethnic disparities in juvenile idiopathic arthritis, according to a speaker at ACR Convergence 2024.

NEW YORK — In this video, Jacob R. McLean, DO, assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University, recaps his presentation on adolescent STI screening and treatment at the Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium.

NEW YORK — In this video, C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, describes how to treat common infections in young athletes, including mononucleosis, Staphylococcus aureus and herpes simplex virus.

NEW YORK — In this video at the Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium, Catherine Mary Healy, MBBCh, describes what she called “an exciting time” for meningococcal vaccines.

Caffeine-related ED visits among youth have risen substantially over the last several years, especially in boys, new data from Epic Research showed.

Measles cases increased globally by 20% in 2023, and roughly 22 million children missed their first measles vaccine dose, according to the CDC and WHO’s annual global measles report.

Children with normal blood pressure may not need BP screenings as often as current recommendations call for, according to a longitudinal study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

The AAP released updated recommendations for preventing injuries and fostering a safe environment in cheer, a sport that an estimated 3.5 million youth participate in in the United States.

Researchers found evidence of artemisinin partial resistance in Ugandan children with complicated malaria, according to data presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

A brief, computerized mental health screening for children going into surgery showed that more than half were experiencing preoperative anxiety, according to findings presented at Anesthesiology 2024.