Pediatrics News

Suicide is now the second most common cause of death among college athletes in the United States, surpassed only by accidents, according to findings published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

The presence of a sleep disorder was associated with increased health care use in youth with chronic medical conditions, a study in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine showed.

An mpox vaccine is now commercially available in the United States, expanding the locations where patients can access the shot to include pharmacies, physician offices and other facilities that normally vaccinate.

A study identified late or varied bedtimes as risk factors for worse grades and behavioral issues among high school students, according to results published in Sleep.

Abnormal laboratory results are rare among adolescents receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy, according to study results published in Pediatrics.

The FDA this week approved the antibiotic Zevtera for the treatment of three bacterial infections 17 years after it was first submitted to the agency.

The FDA has authorized the first chimeric antigen receptor T-cell clinical trial for children with systemic lupus erythematosus.

A decades-old AAP program that was created to help pediatricians prevent unintentional injuries in their patients was shown to be effective in the first ever randomized trial testing its use, according to findings published in Pediatrics.

A survey of caregivers revealed an “unexpectedly high frequency” of suicidal thoughts and behaviors among children with autism aged 8 years or younger, researchers reported in JAMA Pediatrics.

HHS recommends ART for all children with HIV, regardless of clinical stage or CD4+ count, and rapid initiation of ART within days of diagnosis in all patients unless they have an opportunistic infection at the time of diagnosis.