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Overall vaccination rates in children are good, but there is a small pocket of children who are completely unvaccinated, and this number is rising.

The intimate nature of sports, the comradery of a team environment, the trust of a coach-all these are intrinsic to the nature of athletics but can also set the stage for abuse. Learn how you can help.

Pediatricians play a vital role in guiding healthy mental and physical development for gender-diverse children and teenagers.

I recommend trying “Riddle me this! – as pediatric providers we tend to enjoy playing and many of us enjoy the challenges of active engagement in online learning that is also informative.

Your innate sense of empathy makes you a born counselor and a source of caring, concern, and essential guidance for your adolescent patients. Does your clinical IQ always keep pace with your emotional intelligence when it comes to menstruation issues?

A subtle but dangerous form of abuse-neglect-is the cause of death in three-quarters of all child abuse cases. Learn how you can intervene.

Optimistically, 1 in 5 well-care visits among low-income children are missed, but that number may also be as high as half if children who miss visits with their regular provider aren’t getting care elsewhere.

Social media and other digital platforms offer pediatricians a new way to deliver information on health promotion to patients and their families.

There are constructive ways to carry on difficult conversations with parents about immunization refusal or vaccine hesitancy.

Many parents struggle with picky eaters, and it is a common complaint among parents who use federal supplemental nutrition programs, too. Recent research highlights how pediatricians can help.

Lymph node enlargement is common in children. Focused assessment and quick diagnosis of cause are key to ensure proper treatment.

It’s not just alcohol and seatbelts that factor into teen driving safety. A recent report reveals additional guidance pediatricians should offer to teenaged drivers and their parents.

Whereas infants don’t typically receive direct pertussis vaccination until at least age 2 months, a new study suggests that birth doses of the vaccine may be both safe and effective when mothers aren’t able to receive the vaccine themselves and pass antibodies to their babies.

Using the Medicare fee schedule as a universal reference benchmark for cost of services can help pediatricians estimate out-of-pocket expenses for patients and families.

Pediatricians can be a valuable source of guidance for parents about early education programs for children to help prevent substance use by the teenaged years and long after.

Identity development, a fundamental task in adolescence, is an even greater challenge for LGBTQ youth.

Physicians need to increase awareness about maintaining a quality of life for children who have to live with bleeding disorders.

Here’s solid advice for what to do when your online healthcare advocacy suffers harassment and false reviews.

Challenges at home can impact one’s work and contribute to physician burnout.

Pediatricians deal daily with parent and patient refusals of recommended care. Here’s how to protect yourself and your practice from legal repercussions.

Frequently sending texts to caregivers with messages about infant development, safety, and basic care reduces the number of visits to the emergency department (ED) in the first year of life, according to a new study conducted in a large urban pediatric care practice that serves a low-income population with limited health literacy.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and Influenza are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality in children. Pediatricians must step up vigilance to ensure early diagnosis and treatment.

Scientific evidence supporting the efficacy and safety of adjuvant cannabidiol use for specific pediatric seizures is accumulating, but long-term effects of use are still unknown.

Women who use marijuana while breastfeeding produce breast milk with a measurable amount of the primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta 9-THC), for up to 6 days since they last smoked. This was the primary finding in a study in 50 breastfeeding women who reported using marijuana and provided breast milk samples to a research repository for analysis.

A previously healthy 4-year-old male, born late preterm by urgent cesarean delivery with an uncomplicated postnatal course, presents to the outpatient clinic for a chief complaint of worsening cough over the past 5 months. He denies current fever, rhinorrhea, shortness of breath, diarrhea, or vomiting. His cough has been worsening in severity and frequency, and mostly occurs during the daytime.

The menstrual cycle can be an important vital sign providing pediatricians with valuable information about health and disease among girls and young women.