New research provides additional evidence that COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy helps protect babies younger than 6 months from being hospitalized due to COVID-19.
Children age 5-through-11 are now authorized to receive the Pfizer COVID booster at least five months after completion of their primary two-dose series of the Pfizer vaccine.
Hydrocortisone is no more effective than placebo at preventing bronchopulmonary dysplasia in infants born before the 30th week of pregnancy, according to NEJM published research.
Opioid prescriptions for children who underwent one of eight common outpatient surgeries declined over a period of five years, according to research published in Pediatrics.
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Obese children with asthma breathe at higher tidal volumes, which might increase the uptake of particulate matter into the lung tissue, according to research in the European Respiratory Journal.
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A resistance-exercise training program can improve muscle strength in children with cystic fibrosis who have mild to moderate pulmonary impairment, a study recently published in Respiratory Medicine found.
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Children younger than age 5 who are infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant have less risk of severe health outcomes than those infected with the Delta variant, according to research published in JAMA Pediatrics.
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A proposed bill requiring later school start times for high schools in New Jersey (no earlier than 8:30 a.m.) is aimed at improving teen sleep and mental health.
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Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ Dupixent was approved in Canada for expanded use as an add-on maintenance treatment in certain patients with severe asthma.
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Among infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), there was no difference in the amount of wheezing in babies treated with azithromycin versus those who received a placebo.
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So far this season, there have been eight pediatric flu-related deaths reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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A telehealth program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has provided a virtual video visit by a pulmonologist and nurse care manager to all children on home mechanical ventilation within 48 hours of discharge.
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Researchers are studying how the autonomic nervous system—a network of cells that regulates processes we don’t consciously think about (like breathing and blood vessel constriction)—plays a role in sickle cell disease.
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The investigational long-acting monoclonal antibody Nirsevimab showed 74.5% efficacy against medically attended lower respiratory tract infections caused by RSV in healthy infants.
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Fifty-seven percent of parents who are healthcare workers planned to vaccinate their children under age 5 as soon as a vaccine was approved.
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