Pediatrics News

Over the years, an old friend, Michael Cater, MD, a pediatrician at Children's Hospital of Orange County, California, has shared numerous interesting cases, some from exotic places during his time in the Army.

HOUSTON — Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD, has been working in vaccine development for more than 40 years.

According to data published last year, eating disorder claims rose 65% as a percentage of all medical claims in the United States between 2018 to 2022, with most claims in 2022 coming from patients aged 14 to 18 years.

Childhood adiposity could predict future polycystic ovary syndrome in girls, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

The proportion of infants who were vaccinated on time in the United States increased from 2011 to 2021, but did not improve equally among all groups, according to a study.

Assessing children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia for certain objective measures of clinical stability could help shorten their stays, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

The FDA will review GSK’s pentavalent meningococcal vaccine candidate for approval, the company announced Tuesday.

Many studies have shown that shorter courses of antibiotic therapy are just as effective as longer ones for certain infections, including those that impact children. The idea is commonly referred to using the mantra “shorter is better.”

Replacing contaminated sinks did not end an outbreak of multidrug-resistant bacteria in a Japanese pediatric ward but other infection prevention measures did, such as forbidding mouth-washing using sink water, researchers reported.

Researchers found no association between a positive COVID-19 test and the development of asthma in children, according to a study published in Pediatrics.