Pediatrics News

• FDA, AMA Prepare for Plan COVID Shots for Kids Younger Than 6 The FDA announced a June advisory committee meeting about COVID vaccines for kids younger than 6. The AMA has updated its billing codes ahead of an expected decision on Moderna's shot in this age group
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Pfizer Says COVID-19 Vaccine Response Robust in Young Children Much anticipated findings from Pfizer/BioNTech suggest three doses of COVID-19 vaccine protect kids ages 6 months to 5 years old.
  WebMD Health News, May 23, 2022
• How Can the US Improve Access to Eyeglasses? Expanding insurance coverage for eye services and standardizing pediatric vision screening requirements across the US are two steps that could help begin to solve the problem, researchers say.
  WebMD Health News, May 23, 2022
• Opponents of Federal Vaccine Mandate Seek Rehearing A federal appeals court is being asked to reconsider its decision allowing the Biden administration to require that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19.
  Associated Press, May 23, 2022
• Americans Try Many Things to Ease Chronic Back Pain The survey of 2000 US adults found that almost half of respondents (49%) are affected by pain at work, and 2 in 5 say that pain hampers their social lives.
  WebMD Health News, May 23, 2022
• Monkeypox Quarantines Not Needed in US, Biden Says 'I just don’t think it rises to the level of the kind of concern that existed with COVID-19, and the smallpox vaccine works for it,' President Joe Biden said.
  WebMD Health News, May 23, 2022
• Fewer Teens Giving Birth, but Cases Are More Complex Rates of obesity, mental health conditions, diabetes, and delivery complications have increased among teens giving birth.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Air Force Cadets Who Refused COVID Vaccine Won't Be Commissioned As of Saturday, the Air Force is the only military academy in which cadets aren't being commissioned because they refused to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
  WebMD Health News, May 23, 2022
• NYC Investigates Possible Case of Monkeypox NYC Health said the patient is being cared for, and if early tests come back positive, the tests will be sent to the CDC for confirmation.
  WebMD Health News, May 23, 2022
• Adolescents With Food Allergies Share Common Concerns Adolescents with food allergies have allergy-related beliefs and concerns that involve five themes that may influence how they manage their condition, researchers report.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Multiple Mental Health Woes? Blame It on Genetics A genetic analysis of 11 major psychiatric disorders offers new insight into why comorbid mental illnesses are the norm, not the exception.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Warning Against Increased Lingual Frenotomy in Infants An increase in lingual frenulum surgeries in children after their discharge from maternity clinics has troubled clinicians. Some cite a lack of quality data about the procedure.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Exploding E-Cigarettes Cause Traumatic Injuries in Teens Burns and cuts caused by e-cigarette explosions have required hospitalization and surgery for teenage vapers, warn investigators.
  WebMD Health News, May 23, 2022
• APA 2022 Anxiety in America: COVID 'Takes a Backseat' to Global Events Recent events, including the war in Ukraine, racially motivated mass shootings, or the effects of climate change, are weighing more heavily on Americans' minds this year than the pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• How to Manage Drug Interactions With Paxlovid for COVID Some drugs can be held or reduced for the 5-day course. IDSA has published an online guide. Availability in pharmacies has greatly increased in recent weeks.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• SARS-CoV-2 Could Be at Root of Mysterious Hepatitis in Kids A chain of events possibly triggered by unrecognized infection with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus could be causing the mysterious cases of severe hepatitis reported in hundreds of young children around the world, researchers suggest.
  Reuters Health Information, May 19, 2022
• Allergen-Specific Immunotherapy During Pregnancy Appears Safe for Babies Maintaining allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT) during pregnancy shows no evidence of raising the risk of congenital malformations or other adverse pregnancy outcomes, according to a nationwide study from Sweden.
  Reuters Health Information, May 19, 2022
• Alert Baricitinib Backed for Approval for Alopecia Areata in the EU In February 2022, the FDA granted priority review for baricitinib in adults with severe alopecia areata.
  International Approvals, May 20, 2022
• CDC Says COVID Hospitalizations to Rise in Most States The forecast, which includes 32 different models across the country, predicts that nearly every US state and territory will see increases in new COVID-19 hospitalizations in the next 2 weeks.
  WebMD Health News, May 20, 2022
• Mental Health of Most Kids With Autism Declined in Pandemic Researchers identified parents' mental health difficulties, loss of academic and health services, and material deprivation as risk factors for impaired mental health among children with autism.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022