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Are the slowly rising temperatures across the United States and the world leading to fetal development issues, particularly fetal growth?

Contemporary Pediatrics recently spoke with Mary Koslap-Petraco, DNP, PNP-BC, CPNP, FAANP, a nationally known expert in immunization practice, about why measles infection rates have skyrocketed in her home state of New York, what’s in store for the rest of the United States during the current measles outbreak, and how physicians can engage with parents to boost immunization rates.

In the July 2019 edition of Contemporary Pediatrics, Pat F. Bass III, MD, MS, MPH, discusses measles and its hallmark signs and symptoms. For most of us practicing today, we have never seen the disease outside of a textbook or a website.

Most humans are not moved by data. So, when John V. Williams, MD, talks with vaccine-hesitant or opposed parents, he’ll often talk about what he has seen as a pediatrician and done as a parent.

Using palivizumab in infants with cystic fibrosis (CF) may not lead to long-term improvements, according to a new study published in Pediatrics. Researchers used the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Patient Registry data.

Parents not be doing enough when it comes to supporting adolescents’ grasp of personal healthcare and well-being.

To me, it seems that we are trapped traveling around the world within ‘non-connected circles’ that encompass viewpoints adversely affecting significant scientific immunization advances developed to improve the health and well-being of infants, children, adolescents, their families, and all individuals who interact with them.

Contemporary Pediatrics asked pediatric infectious diseases experts how community pediatricians can talk with families who are firmly against vaccinating their children or hesitant to do so. Here’s what they said.

Pediatricians play a powerful role in educating parents about vaccines’ importance and proven safety. The way they present the information can impact whether a vaccine-hesitant or opposed parent listens and ultimately approves or disapproves of childhood vaccines, according to Patricia Whitley-Williams, MD, president-elect of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and chief of the Division of Allergy. Immunology, and Infectious Diseases at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

A new study from Germany highlights another reason to fight childhood obesity: to reduce the risk of developing pediatric multiple sclerosis (MS) as well as protect the efficacy of first-line treatment for the disease.

Dr. Andrew J. Schuman looks at why artificial intelligence has become the next big thing in technology. 

Researchers suggest that genetics is a major contributing factor to developing autism spectrum disorders.

The focus on screen time has been on its impact on toddlers and young children, but a new study in JAMA Pediatrics indicates that teenagers can be impacted by long periods of screen time as well, with negative mental health consequences. 

Mark H. Sawyer, MD, discusses how empathy and the personal touch help him navigate the antivax movement.

Kids who experience a bone fracture in childhood are more likely to suffer another.

Meant to help infants breastfeed more easily, the frenotomy procedure appears to be performed on some infants who don’t require it, according to a new study found in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Dr. Andrew J. Schuman looks at the artificial intelligence (AI) programs that may be found in your practice sooner rather than later. 

Updated practice guidelines published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) aim at managing infants at risk for Group B streptococcal disease.

 With parental substance use on the rise, in large part attributed to the opioid crisis, foster care is seeing an increased number of children being placed into its system, according to a research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Contemporary Pediatrics sits down exclusively with Sheila Fallon Friedlander, MD, a professor dermatology and pediatrics, to discuss the one key condition for which she believes community pediatricians should be especially aware-hemangiomas.

It may seem like something that only adult women will experience, but reproductive coercion can be a problem for older teenaged girls as well, according to a new study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Janssen, a pharmaceutical subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, has announced plans to pursue a pediatric indication for its best-selling blood thinner, Xarelto (rivaroxaban).

A new study from Children’s National in Washington, DC, confirms that universal background checks and strict state laws are key to reducing the deaths of children and teenagers by firearms.

Alone, on its back, in a crib. That’s the only safe place for an infant to sleep. New data say why car safety seats are not included.

A 6-year-old female with history of previously resolved iron-deficiency anemia presents to the emergency department (ED) for numerous episodes of nonbloody, nonbilious vomiting and diffuse abdominal pain that began on the day of presentation. She had initially presented to her pediatrician who felt a large left-upper-quadrant abdominal mass and referred her to the ED for further evaluation. She has no associated diarrhea or urinary symptoms. What's the diagnosis?