Category: Pediatrics

Pediatrics

FDA Approves Vaxneuvance Pneumococcal Vaccine for Infants, Children

The FDA has expanded the approval for Merck's Vaxneuvance for prevention of invasive disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae to include children 6 weeks through 17 years of age.

Pediatrics

Research to Focus on Use of Azithromycin for Wheeze, Asthma in Preschoolers

Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences are using a $6.7 million National Institutes of Health grant to study azithromycin therapy in preschoolers who are diagnosed with severe wheezing episodes at hospital emergency departments.

Pediatrics

Interleukin-3 Has Positive Effect on Asthma Symptoms

Interleukin-3 -- previously thought to be pro-inflammatory -- has immunoregulatory properties that can improve symptoms in bronchial asthma.

Pediatric Care

Maternal RSV Vaccine Reduced LRTIs, Antibiotic Rx for Newborns

An investigational RSV vaccine administered to pregnant women reduced RSV-associated lower respiratory tract infections and subsequent antibiotic prescriptions among their infants.

Prenatal

Prenatal Cannabis Exposure May Increase Childhood Risk of Obesity, High Blood Sugar

Prenatal cannabis exposure due to use among pregnant women is on the rise and may be associated with negative health outcomes in children, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Neonatal

Neonatal Patients on ECMO with CV or GI Conditions at Risk for Readmission

Neonatal patients on ECMO who also had cardiovascular or gastrointestinal conditions were at greater risk for readmission within the first year of their initial discharge.