Mark R. Corkins, MD, CNSC, FASPEN, AGAF, FAAP, reviews where pediatric probiotic evidence is strongest, why product quality varies, and which children should avoid them.

At AAP 2026, Carmen Tong, DO, discussed evaluating pediatric urinary symptoms and why behavioral strategies often come before medication.

In a Hirschsprung disease mouse model, diet shifted gut microbes and inflammation, with a 3-fold survival difference between standard diets.

Phase 3 CROSSING trial data show tezepelumab improved histologic remission and dysphagia versus placebo through week 52 in EoE.

In national emergency department data from 2005 to 2024, fractures were the most common pediatric e-bike injury, and e-bikes had the second-highest admission rate.

An updated AAP policy statement renews the call to ban raw milk sales, citing pathogen risks to children and pregnant people and an emerging H5N1 concern.

A joinpoint analysis of 1991 to 2021 YRBSS data found suicidal ideation among US high school students declined through 2009, then increased through 2021.

A clinician-reported misinformation tracker at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia found vaccines accounted for 53.8% of 234 entries and informed education on 28 topics.