Guidelines

Mary Koslap-Petraco highlighted the need to address vaccine hesitancy, catch up on immunizations, and build trust with parents at the 2025 NAPNAP National Conference on Pediatric Health Care.

On World Obesity Day, take this short quiz and test your knowledge of the AAP's clinical practice guideline to evaluate and treat children and adolescents with obesity.

During the current cold and flu season, children have a higher risk of getting sick. The AAP has release tips and reminders for parents to help keep children comfortable and healthy.

The use of pulse oximetry screening for asymptomatic newborns at or around 24 hours of life helps identify at-risk infants.

A key update includes providing CPR with rescue breaths and chest compressions to all persons in cardiac arrest after water removal.

Allison Scott, DNP, CPNP-PC, IBCLC, reviews the updated breastfeeding guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Take this quiz and test your knowledge of the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendations for routine use of influenza vaccines, medications for the prevention and treatment of pediatric influenza.

With useful tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics, parents can ring in 2024 the right way, with healthy digital habits, increased reading, and more family activities to benefit their children.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offers nutritional guidelines for pediatricians to use specifically during the pandemic.

From receptions to engaging lectures, wellness services, and product theaters, check out the exhibition floor at this year’s AAP meeting.

The recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) follows the unanimous recommendation by the CDC advisory group for routine use of nirsevimab in newborns and infants younger than 8 months born into or entering their first RSV season.

Share this link with your patients' parents so they can review the latest back-to-school tips for them and their child as the fall approaches.

Updated guidance for pediatricians that interact with children and their families, who need a potentially life-saving organ donation or transplantation, has been released by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

About 1 in 4 children are exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) in their lifetime, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. The AAP has released tips and recommendations for pediatricians to help support these patients and their families.

Not forcing affection, using appropriate language, and controlling media exposure are just some of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ tips for teaching children about body boundaries and safety.

The North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology’s position statement to eliminate period poverty has acquired a recent endorsement from the American Academy of Pediatrics. 

The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released several tips to prevent medication poisoning in young children because of a rise in opioid-related poisonings from 2005 to 2018.

In a new policy statement, the American Academy of Pediatrics has provided guidelines on reducing crowding in emergency departments.