Pediatrics News

The proportion of children dying from sepsis is lower than it was 20 years ago, but Black children are still at a significantly higher risk than white children, according to a study presented at IDWeek.

Upgrading pediatric readiness in EDs would reduce the deaths of pediatric patients by almost half, according to study results published in Health Affairs.

One in five high school students in the United States reported being unfairly disciplined at school, according to findings published in MMWR.

Vaccination coverage among kindergarteners in the United States is still declining from pre-pandemic levels, and some states are reporting exemption rates of more than 5%, according to the latest CDC data.

As older Americans continue to shoulder much of the COVID-19 burden, new data show that most went without a vaccine last winter and that those who got sick rarely received antivirals.

The number of pertussis cases in the United States has quadrupled over the last 12 months, according to the CDC, raising questions as to what is behind the sudden, significant spike.

Children with health care-associated respiratory syncytial virus were more likely to need respiratory support, compared with children with community-associated RSV, according to a recent study.

Less than half of drugs approved between 2015 and 2021 were required to conduct pediatric trials under the Pediatric Research Equity Act, according to findings published in JAMA.

In August, the FDA approved a novel miniaturized cardiac stent for infants and small children with coarctation of the aorta or pulmonary artery stenosis and can be expanded as they grew.

Teens and young adults who used cannabis had lower grades and school attendance and were less likely to complete high school or college compared with their peers who did not use cannabis, according to recent findings.