Pediatrics News

When translating discharge instructions for pediatric conditions, machine translation platforms performed comparably to professional translations for Spanish and Portuguese but not Haitian Creole, a study found.

Children hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 or an inflammatory syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection who experience severe neurological manifestations may be at a higher risk for long-term impairment, a study found.

Healio has launched a new special report on medical cannabis that summarizes the current scientific research and incorporates expert opinion.

United States Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, declared firearm violence a public health crisis in the United States and called for more strategies to prevent firearm-related injuries and deaths.

According to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against screening for food insecurity in primary care settings.

There was a nearly 13% increase infant deaths in Texas after the state implemented a ban on abortion in early pregnancy in 2021, according to research published in JAMA Pediatrics.

The following case, provided by Michael Cater, MD, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, California, is the first of a two-part series.

Noting that practice varies widely across hospitals, an expert panel came to a consensus on the first quality indicators for the care of opioid-exposed infants.

Financial incentives helped adolescents with severe obesity lose weight and body fat, according to research published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Lenacapavir, an injectable antiretroviral drug approved by the FDA for HIV treatment, prevented 100% of new HIV infections among women in a phase 3 trial in Africa, demonstrating its efficacy as PrEP, Gilead Sciences said.