Pediatrics/Neonatal Care Nursing 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
• RSV Kills 100,000 Kids Under Age 5 a Year Worldwide A new study is the first to filter RSV deaths into narrow age brackets. Researchers found that nearly half — 45,000 deaths — were in infants under 6 months old.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Meet a Miracle: Man With Trisomy 13 to Celebrate 20th Birthday No one thought Lloyd Rochez would live past a couple of weeks, but this young man, diagnosed at birth with trisomy 13, has defied the odds and will turn 20 this summer.
  WebMD Health News, May 19, 2022
• FDA Authorizes Pfizer's COVID-19 Booster for Children Ages 5 to 11 "While it has largely been the case that COVID-19 tends to be less severe in children than adults, the Omicron wave has seen more kids getting sick with the disease and being hospitalized."
  WebMD Health News, May 17, 2022
• Journal Retracts Cesarean Delivery Paper With 'Impossible' Data The study purported to involve nearly 1300 women – making it the largest analysis of women receiving steroids for the indication in the trial.
  Retraction Watch, May 09, 2022
• Moderna Says Its Vaccine for Ages Under 6 Will Be Ready for US Review in June Moderna's chief medical officer said on Sunday the company's vaccine for children under 6 years old will be ready for review by a Food and Drug Administration panel when it meets in June.
  Reuters Health Information, May 02, 2022
• WHO, UNICEF Warn About Increased Risk of Measles Outbreaks More than 17,300 measles cases were reported worldwide in January and February, as compared with 9600 cases at the beginning of 2021.
  WebMD Health News, May 02, 2022
• FDA Committee to Discuss COVID-19 Shots for Kids in June The FDA's independent panel of advisors will meet in June to discuss the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for children under age 5, as well as the Novavax vaccine for adults.
  WebMD Health News, May 02, 2022
• Moderna Seeks OK for Young Kids' COVID Vaccine as Parents Wait Pfizer's request for the youngest kids is expected next. But there are a lot of moving parts, and families and doctors alike are concerned the FDA will not act quickly enough.
  WebMD Health News, April 28, 2022
• PAS 2022 What to Expect When You’re Expecting … a Preemie Handouts and tablets helped parents of preterm infants prepare and dramatically reduced anxiety in a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2022
• Moderna Filing EUA of COVID Shot for Very Young Kids by April 30 Moderna plans to submit an application to the US health regulator for emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine among kids between 6 months and 5 years by April 30, the company said.
  Reuters Health Information, April 21, 2022
• Unvaccinated Children Hospitalized at Twice the Rate During Omicron Surge: US Study Hospitalization rates for unvaccinated children ages 5 to 11 were twice as high as among those who were vaccinated during the record COVID-19 surge caused by the Omicron variant, according to a US study released on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, April 19, 2022
• Nafcillin Therapy a Safe Alternative to Vancomycin for Infants With Late-Onset Sepsis Nafcillin is safe when used as empirical treatment for late-onset sepsis in infants in the neonatal intensive-care unit who don't have a history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection or colonization, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, April 15, 2022
• Pfizer Findings Support Third Vaccine Dose in 5- to 11-Year-Olds The company plans to submit the booster data for FDA emergency use authorization in this population in the coming days.
  WebMD Health News, April 14, 2022
• Disparities Persist in Pregnant Women With Gestational Diabetes The researchers conducted a study to evaluate if the frequency of adverse pregnancy outcomes with gestational diabetes changed over time and if the risk of these outcomes differed by maternal race and ethnicity.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2022
• Polio: Five African Countries Vaccinating 23 Million Children
  Medscape Medical News, March 29, 2022
• Hydrocortisone Fails to Prevent Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Preemies Hydrocortisone treatment given to extremely preterm infants 14 to 28 days after birth does not improve the odds of surviving without moderate or severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a study of 800 newborns shows.
  Reuters Health Information, March 23, 2022
• Rare and Preventable: Painful Post-vax Shoulder Problems Bursitis and other painful shoulder problems that may arise after vaccination into the deltoid muscle are rare and preventable, researchers report.
  Medscape Medical News, March 23, 2022
• Rapid Test May Help Avoid Aminoglycoside-Induced Hearing Loss in Newborns Researchers have developed a rapid genetic point-of-care test to help guide antibiotic therapy and avoid aminoglycoside-induced ototoxicity in babies in the neonatal intensive care unit.
  Reuters Health Information, March 21, 2022
• Florida's Plan to Recommend Against COVID Vax for Kids Under Fire 'The evidence is clear that when people are vaccinated, they are significantly less likely to get very sick and need hospital care,' said Lisa Gwynn, MD, of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
  WebMD Health News, March 09, 2022