September 2025

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Discover effective strategies for conducting psychosocial screenings in adolescents using the HEADS FIRST Checklist to enhance health outcomes.

Music therapy offers potential benefits for children with neurodisability, enhancing rehabilitation through creative methods and interprofessional collaboration.

Tacrolimus shows promise in treating juvenile myasthenia gravis, improving symptoms with minimal adverse effects, suggesting a valuable second-line therapy option.

Young females with congenital heart disease face barriers to contraception, increasing their risk during pregnancy despite rising usage over time.

Pediatricians are urged to follow 2024 guidelines amid ACIP upheaval, vaccine hesitancy, and access issues as children head back to school.

Mycoplasma pneumoniae caused 1 in 2 pediatric pneumonia hospitalizations in 2024, with sharp increases seen across all age groups, according to a recent CDC MMWR report.