Pediatrics News

As of last year, around one in 100 children in the United States had ever had long COVID, according to survey findings reported by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics.

Patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis who receive baricitinib demonstrate a “significantly” longer time to disease flare vs. placebo, according to data published in The Lancet.

Expanding newborn screening to identify genes associated with an increased risk for neurodevelopmental disorders could exacerbate disparities, among other drawbacks, experts wrote in Pediatrics.

Being breastfed in infancy was associated with a 23% increased risk for colorectal cancer in adulthood, especially among women younger than 50 years, according to a study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

An intervention undertaken by dozens of health centers reduced antibiotic use for pediatric conjunctivitis by up to 19% without increasing treatment failure, according to study findings.

A 5-day-old female is transferred from another hospital due to irritability and a worsening pustular rash. The mother’s pregnancy, labor and delivery was complicated by a group B strep-positive culture and vaginal candidiasis.

In a new clinical report, the AAP recommended against low- and very low-carbohydrate diets for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, “except under close diabetes care team supervision utilizing safety guidelines.”

Infants who demonstrate microbiome dysregulation may be at a higher risk for juvenile idiopathic arthritis, according to data published in eBioMedicine.

Craniosynostosis — the premature joining of bones in an infant’s skull — may be caused by an abnormal excess of a previously unknown type of bone-forming stem cell, according to findings from a preclinical study reported in Nature.

The economic burden of youth violence in the United States reached $122 billion in 2020, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.