Pediatrics News

Digital experiences among adolescents may significantly impact their mental health and well-being, according to a presenter at the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Annual Conference.

The FDA has issued a safety alert warning patients and health care providers of a “risk of invasive, potentially fatal disease” linked to probiotic use among preterm infants in hospital settings.

The FDA has approved Tofidence as the first tocilizumab biosimilar in the United States for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions, according to a statement from the manufacturer.

Pediatrics published a review of important areas of pediatric care that may be wasteful or harmful to children.

Constipation is a relatively common problem in pediatric practice, with reported prevalence rates between 1% and 30%, as well as the chief complaint in 3% to 5% of visits to pediatric outpatient clinics. Because most constipation cases can be remedied through recommended over-the-counter laxatives, constipation is rarely a cause for severe worry among parents.

Influenza poses significant health and socioeconomic threats despite cases drastically dropping during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Infant hospitalization for congenital syphilis increased 10-fold from 2016 to 2022 in Mississippi, from 10 cases per year to 110 cases per year, according to an analysis of hospital discharge data.

Salmonella — not Streptococcus pneumoniae — was the top cause of invasive bacterial infections among children with sickle cell disease in five European countries during a recent 6-year period, a study in Pediatrics reported.

Gender role nonconformity in childhood and adolescence was associated with diverse sexual orientation beginning in young adulthood, a decades-long study in Australia found.

The CDC last week recommended Pfizer’s respiratory syncytial virus vaccine for pregnant people to protect newborns from severe RSV illness.