A Contemporary Pediatrics Peer Exchange panel reviews RSV risk, testing, maternal vaccination, and long-acting monoclonal antibodies, and where infants still slip through the cracks.

Black race was the strongest predictor of T2-high inflammation in 451 children with severe asthma adjusted for social and environmental factors.

Completing the DTaP primary series was 96.2% effective against pertussis in Alaska children aged 6 months to 6 years during a record 2024 outbreak.

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The FDA approved insulin icodec-abae for children 10+ with T2D, based on adult ONWARDS data and a single-dose pediatric pharmacokinetic study.

Johanna Chang, MD, offers guidance on vaccination, infection prophylaxis, and clinical warning signs in children receiving biologic therapies.

Adding emotion skills to family-based weight treatment didn't boost teen weight loss but cut regain and emotional eating 12 months later.

Nikta Forghani, MD, explains when irregular menstrual cycles warrant evaluation and how pediatricians can identify PCOS and relative energy deficiency.