Pediatricians’ Campaign To Make Microwaves Safer for Children
New journal article recounts Rush pediatricians’ campaign to protect children from severe burns. A 15-year research and advocacy effort to make microwave ovens safer has…
New journal article recounts Rush pediatricians’ campaign to protect children from severe burns. A 15-year research and advocacy effort to make microwave ovens safer has…
Research led by the University of Birmingham and Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has revealed new insight into the biological mechanisms of the…
Taking turns in “conversation” with caregivers relates to synchronized activation in language areas. The type and quantity of an infant’s language exposure relates to their…
Fewer headaches reported when school starts later, UCSF-led study shows. Research indicates that starting school later in the morning yields health and academic benefits for…
In a retrospective case study, Mayo Clinic researchers have found that antibiotics administered to children younger than 2 are associated with several ongoing illnesses or…
In-utero exposure to the coronavirus pandemic could cause developmental difficulties and accelerated aging in the century ahead, say USC researchers. Exposure to COVID-19 could pose…
Increasing state and local funding for environmental, educational, and social services may lower infant mortality among those at highest risk, particularly among infants born to…
Boys and girls who experience puberty earlier than their peers have an increased risk of self-harm in adolescence, a study funded by the National Institute…
COVID-19 may not influence parents’ beliefs about the flu vaccine, with just 1/3 believing it’s more important for children to get vaccinated this year. The…
Invited commentary raises questions about pediatric transmission. New research suggests that children can shed SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, even if they never develop…
A survey of nurses caring for children with heart problems has revealed that more than half are emotionally exhausted. The analysis, presented today at ESC…
Although both mother and baby recovered, the case highlights the importance of limiting COVID-19 exposure for pregnant women. A pregnant mother who tested positive for…
NIH-funded clinical trial provides independent evidence that multifocal contact lenses reduce worsening myopia. Children wearing multifocal contact lenses had slower progression of their myopia, according…
Pediatric study results mirror disparities found in adult populations across the US. Minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged children have significantly higher rates of COVID-19 infection, a…
Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands have identified mutations in a gene called CNOT1 that…
Yale scientists may have found a cause for the sudden onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in some children, they report. Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders, or…
How mice that model immune disease’s cytokine storms may point to solution for global pandemic. A transgenic mouse developed at Cincinnati Children’s to model the…
TRAF7 syndrome: The first 45 patients An international multicenter study describes a rare disease characterized by a series of recognizable facial features, cardiac defects and…