Pediatrics News

A CDC investigator described how Colorado was able to prevent a measles outbreak after identifying an infected traveler who passed through the Denver airport, a children’s hospital and a community gathering while infectious.

One subcutaneous dose of an experimental monoclonal antibody protected children from infection and clinical malaria during a 6-month malaria season in Mali, according to phase 2 results published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

DENVER — Individualized care is critical for treating childhood obesity, according to a presenter at the Obesity Medicine Association’s annual conference.

Adolescent suicides increased by all methods — including firearms — from 1999 to 2020, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

The AAP offered support for pediatricians in developing policies and practices that align with the confidentiality needs of adolescent patients.

More than half of people expecting a baby said in a survey that they were “very likely” to get vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus during pregnancy, researchers reported.

School entry requirements are associated with increases in HPV vaccine coverage among adolescents in the United States, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Young children in the United States experienced “relatively modest” decreases in developmental scores during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

In February 2020, around the time the COVID-19 pandemic was picking up, the CDC stopped tracking a national outbreak of lung injuries related to vaping, which included many cases in teens.

Recent cannabis legalization and retail sales have had a limited impact on teen use, a study showed.