Pediatrics News

Less than 3% of patients tested for a bacterial STI in nearly a dozen EDs were also tested for HIV, demonstrating widespread nonadherence to a CDC recommendation, according to a study presented at IDWeek.

Less than 10% of reproductive aged women with opioid use disorder and hepatitis C virus are treated for HCV, according to findings published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

More than half of children with acute otitis media and 32% of children with upper respiratory infections tested positive for multiple pathogens in their nasal passages, according to a study presented at IDWeek.

SAN ANTONIO — At 24 months, children who received a health literacy-informed digital text and web-based intervention had better weight trajectories vs. those who did not, according to Greenlight Plus Trial results presented at ObesityWeek.

The four core concepts of the CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index could be used to predict the severity of Clostrioides difficile infection and all-cause mortality, according to a study presented at IDWeek.

Although state laws have expanded access to naloxone, overdose deaths among adolescents and young adults continue to climb, according to data published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Fewer parents are introducing their infants to complementary foods earlier than recommended, but according to recent data, some racial and socioeconomic groups are more likely to introduce their babies to solid food before age 4 months.

A decade after receiving gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy as adolescents, many people maintain their weight loss and achieve remission of obesity-related conditions, including diabetes, according to a study.

Childhood BMI, blood pressure and smoking status performed as well as lipid levels in predicting the risk for cardiovascular events in adulthood, according to study findings published in Pediatrics.

Seizures caused by swallowing medications or illegal substances among youth have significantly risen over the past 15 years, data presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress showed.