March 19, 2025
Newborn screening for genetic metabolic diseases helps a portion of children stay healthy as they grow, but decompensation episodes still occur in the first weeks after […]
March 18, 2025
TOPLINE: Early adenotonsillectomy (AT) in children with mild sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) reduced total healthcare encounters by 32% and prescription medications by 48% over 12 months compared […]
March 17, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with some negative and some positive developmental health outcomes in kindergarteners, a cross-sectional cohort study of almost half a million US […]
March 13, 2025
Ontario is in the midst of its worst outbreak of measles in more than 20 years, according to the latest report from Public Health Ontario. As […]
March 12, 2025
Real-time skin monitoring could make oral food challenges (OFCs) safer for young children with peanut allergies by reducing severe reactions, a new study found. Researchers at […]
March 12, 2025
TOPLINE: Remote anthropometric measurements by caregivers demonstrated high concordance with examiner assessments, with reliability coefficients ranging from 0.91 to > 0.99 across all measurements. The assessment […]
March 12, 2025
TOPLINE: Immunisation with nirsevimab reduced bronchiolitis-related hospitalisations among infants younger than 3 months who visited the emergency department (ED), according to a new study. Nirsevimab also […]
March 11, 2025
Prompting pediatricians to provide caregivers with written guidance on prevention of food allergies for infants was more effective after clinicians received emails and visual reminders. Email […]
March 10, 2025
TOPLINE: While overall visits to the emergency department (ED) declined between 2016 and 2021, mental health-related emergency visits for children and adolescents increased with an even […]