Clinical Tip: Saline for stuffy noses: The rule of 2s

The approval is based on BRAVE-AA-PEDS, in which 42% of adolescents receiving baricitinib 4 mg achieved at least 80% scalp hair coverage at week 36 vs 5% with placebo.

FDA approved obinutuzumab for relapsing or steroid-dependent childhood-onset INS, based on INShore data showing 95.5% vs 73.2% sustained remission.

Review some of the top stories from the Contemporary Pediatrics website over the last week, and catch up on anything you may have missed.

Glucommander Pediatrics received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for IV insulin dosing in hospitalized children younger than 2 years, but remains uncleared.

Jonathan Miller, MD, discusses earlier HPV vaccination, individualized conversations with hesitant families, and strategies to improve vaccine uptake.

Jonathan Miller, MD, discusses factors behind lagging HPV vaccination rates and how pediatricians can address common parent concerns.

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

The latest IDSA histoplasmosis update adds a consensus statement on severe disease and outlines when children with pulmonary infection warrant itraconazole therapy.