Pets can affect risk of infant respiratory infections

"We've updated our internal clinical pathways to recommend 5 days for kids hospitalized with uncomplicated pneumonia," Cotter noted.

The news is full of stories about monkeypox, the recent changes to COVID-19 guidance, and the return of polio cases. What do clinicians need to know?

Early antibiotic use before age 2 is linked to higher childhood obesity risk, with timing playing a key role in long-term weight outcomes.

Contemporary Pediatrics sat down with Tina Q. Tan, MD, FAAP, FIDSA, FPIDS, to discuss what's known about the variant. She also discusses the latest on the vaccine for children aged younger than 5 years.

Recommendations from the ACIP are forwarded to the director of the CDC, and if adopted, become official CDC policy.

In the immediate skin-to-skin contact group, improved breastfeeding practices up to 12 months were observed.