Infant Mortality in the US Remains High – Here’s How to Save Lives
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…
Pediatrics
Increased Risk of Self-Harm for Boys and Girls Who Experience Earlier Puberty
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…
National Poll: 1 in 3 Parents Plan to Skip Flu Shots for Their Kids During COVID-19 Pandemic
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…
New COVID-19 Warning: Children With No Symptoms May Shed SARS-CoV-2 Virus for Weeks
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…
Emotionally Exhausted: Nurses Burned Out and Want to Quit
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…
A Mother Transmitted COVID-19 to Her Baby During Pregnancy
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…
Multifocal Contact Lenses Slow Progression of Nearsightedness in Children
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…
COVID-19 Rates Significantly Higher Among Minority, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Children
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…
New Genetic Mutations Linked to Autism Spectrum Disorder Uncovered by Scientists
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…
Scientists Baffled by Strange Form of Childhood OCD – Yale Researchers Propose Explanation: PANDAS
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…
New Research Points to Treatment for COVID-19 Cytokine Storms, Solution to Global Pandemic
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…
New Rare Disease Uncovered With Own Facial Features, Cardiac Defects and Developmental Delay
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…
Injuries Found in Placentas From COVID-19-Positive Pregnant Women – Suggests Abnormal Blood Flow Between Mothers, Babies
Findings suggests abnormal blood flow between mothers, babies in utero. The placentas from 16 women who tested positive for COVID-19 while pregnant showed evidence of…
How to Tell If a Child Has a Coronavirus Infection – It May Not Start With a Cough
Gastrointestinal symptoms, coupled with a fever or history of exposure to COVID-19, could indicate coronavirus infection in children. Children suffering from sickness and diarrhea, coupled…
COVID-19 Striking Far More Children Than Expected
The number of children infected with the coronavirus is far more extensive than what is currently reported — a hidden detail that could vastly underestimate…
Good News From China on Newborns Infected With COVID-19
Researchers have identified a total of four cases of newborn babies with COVID-19 infection in China. In all cases, the babies experienced only mild symptoms…
Infections Responsible for 20% of Childhood Deaths in England and Wales
Infections are still responsible for one in five childhood deaths in England and Wales, with respiratory infections topping the league table of known causes, reveals…
Lactation Changes Electrical Signaling in Mom’s Brain – But It’s Reversible
Prolactin-controlling neurons in mice undergo reversible changes in how neurons communicate. Lactation temporarily changes how a mother’s neurons behave, according to new research in mice…