Pediatrics News

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a draft recommendation encouraging physicians to provide counseling that supports breastfeeding to people who are pregnant or who recently gave birth.

A combination of several factors makes it tough for providers to identify measles cases as the disease makes a comeback, according to experts.

A recently published CDC study painted a detailed picture of mental health and suicide risk among high schoolers in the United States.

Sending young children from low-income households to free summer day camps could help reduce gains in BMI during summer break, according to a randomized clinical trial in JAMA Pediatrics.

Infant mortality rose 7%, and infant deaths with congenital anomalies increased 10% in the year following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, according to research published in JAMA Pediatrics.

High school students with poor mental health were more likely to skip breakfast every day than peers who did not report poor mental health symptoms, according to a study published in MMWR.

LOS ANGELES — Interim data from a phase 2 clinical trial of the Jynneos mpox vaccine showed that it is safe and generates an antibody response in adolescents that is similar to the response seen in adults, researchers reported.

Highly caffeinated drinks can pose serious cardiovascular risks to children and adolescents, yet unlike soda, they are not subjected to caffeine content limits or labeling requirements in the United States.

An electronic health record order set that preselected shorter antibiotic courses for acute otitis media cut antibiotic use for pediatric ear infections in half, according to findings presented at IDWeek.

A significant number of Medicaid-insured infants infected with HIV in the first year of their life did not receive postnatal antiretroviral prophylaxis, a study presented at IDWeek showed.