Pediatrics News

The CDC issued an alert to health care providers in the United States last week to be on the lookout for measles after receiving reports of 23 confirmed cases between Dec. 1 and Jan. 23.

Celltrion USA has submitted a Biologics License Application to the FDA for its tocilizumab biosimilar candidate CT-P47, according to a press release.

Mild traumatic brain injuries may raise the risk for affective and behavioral disorders in children, according to research published in Pediatrics.

Motivational interviewing, a weight loss intervention recommended by the AAP, showed no benefit reducing childhood obesity during a recent study, according to research published in Pediatrics.

A single dose of a typhoid conjugate vaccine provided protection for at least 4 years among children aged 9 months to 12 years enrolled in a phase 3 trial in Malawi, according to results published in The Lancet.

An investigation into a Salmonella outbreak in Canada linked to pet bearded dragons revealed a multinational outbreak that included a dozen cases in the United States in 2021 and 2022, researchers reported.

Three pediatric hospitals that discontinued contact precautions for MRSA did not see an associated increase in MRSA over the course of the next 4 years, according to researchers published in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

Calls to poison control centers to report exposures to liquid laundry detergent packets — commonly called pods — remain high in the United States, although exposures appear to have declined among young children, researchers reported.

Early-life exposure to screens and digital media was associated with higher odds of atypical sensory processing in a study of nearly 1,500 children, researchers reported in JAMA Pediatrics.

A 20-month-old male presents with acute onset of emesis, altered mental status and fever. Soon after admission to the pediatric ICU, he began having seizures and became obtunded.