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A survey from the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health showed how parents get the most out of their children’s well visits.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has released a new policy statement on how health care providers can meet the needs of hospitalized adolescents.

In what investigators are calling the largest study of its kind ever conducted in the US, results of the 2-year study, which included more than 300 transgender or nonbinary youth, underline the positive benefits seen with receipt of gender-affirming hormone therapy among this patient population.

Cindy Jackson, DO, FAAP, discusses the creation of the Spin to Save Kids challenge for bringing awareness to the disparities in pediatric drug development.

In a recent study, children had improved short- and long-term mortality when treated in emergency departments with high pediatric readiness.

Colleen Kraft, MD, senior medical director of clinical adoption at Cognoa, discusses how autism spectrum disorder (ASD) development affects children and families, along with how early diagnosis and treatment can improve the lives of children with ASD.

In a recent study, young children with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) showed significantly worse cognition and academic scores than children with mild TBI or other injury.

Findings from a study in JAMA Network Open reveal valuable insight into the way cannabis legalization has impacted the perceptions of pregnant women who use cannabis in the US.

Nearly $245 million was awarded in Bipartisan Safer Communities Act funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services to help health care workers support mental health in youths and families.

The relationship between C-section and childhood asthma has been investigated before, however, previous results have yielded conflicting evidence.

In a recent study, young children with developmental delay saw improvements in behavior after receiving treatment through telehealth.

A recent study found a rise in the prevalence of antipsychotic prescriptions among pediatric patients and noted which antipsychotics were most commonly used for specific indications.

In a recent study, children with spinal muscular atrophy were more often able to walk when diagnosed through newborn screening and provided with early treatment.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved another Tdap vaccine option for use during pregnancy to prevent pertussis, otherwise known as whooping cough.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has provided an updated safety profile on the bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine in children aged 5 to 11 years, showing similar adverse events to the monovalent vaccine.

A follow-up to a Texas Sprouts gardening intervention found improved glucose control and reduced low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in individuals at a high risk of metabolic diseases.

A cross-sectional study showed cannabis ingestion has been the cause of 1 in every 3 pediatric poisoning hospitalizations in provinces that sell edibles.

A recent study found that the risk of cardiovascular diseases was not significantly greater in patients taking medications for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but investigators were not able to rule out a mild risk increase.

Errors in patient records are surprisingly common, so easing access to them could harm outcomes.

A follow-up of a trial cohort showed that children aged 5 years born to pregnant smokers had improved airway function when vitamin C supplementation was administered during pregnancy compared to placebo.

In a recent study, sugar warnings and a lack of misleading front-of-package marketing reduced the proportion of caregivers who selected sugar-sweetened beverages for young children.

Arthrex’s TightRope implant for treating pediatric anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration.

While an economic evaluation showed reduced costs for school screening and optometric examination strategies, these changes were not significant when compared to primary care screening.

A study in JAMA Pediatrics explored the possibility of prenatal and infant exposure to acid-suppressive medication (ASM) and increased risk of allergic diseases in children.

Patients get better care from specialists who trained with referring PCP, study finds.

A recent study found that while children exposed to benzodiazepine during pregnancy had a greater risk of developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), siblings without exposure saw similar risks of neurodevelopmental disorders.

The National Institutes of Health has given 8 research grants for refining new technologies to provide early diagnosis of severe illness associated with COVID-19 infection in children.

A study published in the journal Sleep and Breathing found sleep quality influenced newborn weight in a gender-specific and trimester-specific way.