NIH Begins Long-term Study of Children with COVID-19
The NIH will track up to 1,000 children and young adults who previously tested positive for COVID-19 and evaluate the disease's impact on their physical and mental health over three years.
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TikTok Videos Exposing Youth to Positive Portrayals of Vaping
Positive portrayals of e-cigarettes and vaping are freely available without any age restrictions on TikTok, with the top 800 viewed videos garnering over 1 billion views.
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Obesity, Being Overweight May Affect Asthmatic Kids’ Response to Inhaled Steroids
Asthmatic children are less likely to respond to inhaled steroid medication if they are overweight or obese, and this leads to more frequent asthma attacks, according to research at the virtual ERS Congress 2021.
NICU/PICU Care for Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Infants and children are very susceptible to RSV infection and the most serious cases (usually involving bronchiolitis or pneumonia) will be admitted to NICU/PICU.
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Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollution Linked to Childhood Asthma
Prenatal exposure to ambient ultrafine particles has been linked to the development of asthma in children, new research shows.
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Health Experts Warn of TikTok Vaping Challenge
A report from Yahoo News explores why health officials are worried about vaping products that target kids on websites like TikTok.
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Hospitalizations For Eating Disorders Spike Among Adolescents During COVID
The number of adolescents admitted to the hospital for severe illness from eating disorders has increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research published in Pediatrics.
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Should States Allow Minors to Consent to Vaccination without Parental Permission?
State laws should authorize minors to consent to COVID-19 vaccination without parental permission, according to bioethics and policy researchers with UPenn and Yale University.
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Glucocorticoids Added to IVIG Benefitted MIS-C Patients
Patient with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children treated initially with intravenous immune globulin and glucocorticoids had reduced risk for serious short-term outcomes than those treated with IVIG alone.
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Can a Single Lung Function Test Find Hyperinflation in Pediatric CF?
A measurement of the air left in the lungs at the end of a normal exhalation may help detect lung disease in children diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) during newborn screenings.
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Neck Symptoms Common in MIS-C
Neck inflammation is common in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, new research in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society found.
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Reduced vs. Standard CT Dose for Lung Nodules in Children, Young Adults with Cancer
Reduced-dose CT depicts greater than 90% of lung nodules in children and young adults with cancer, identifying the presence of nodules with moderate sensitivity and high specificity.
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Pregnant Vapers More Likely to Have Low-birthweight Infants
Women who use electronic cigarettes during pregnancy are 33% more likely than those who don’t to give birth to low-birthweight infants, according to a new study published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.
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NIAID Grant Funds Long-term Pediatric Asthma Study
Children’s Hospital Colorado is joining the NIAID’s Childhood Asthma in Urban Settings (CAUSE) with a grant of $2.3 million to study emergency care for pediatric asthma.
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Clinical Trial of RSV Vaccine Underway
MV-012-968 is an intranasal live attenuated RSV vaccine candidate being developed as a needle-free, adjuvant-free vaccine to protect infants and at-risk, older adults.
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