#pediatrics

A multicenter US study found that more than one in four children treated for malaria experienced a delay in initial diagnosis, underscoring the risks of imported infections in a country where many clinicians rarely see a

A randomized study in JAMA Pediatrics found that an eight-session online program paired with brief therapist check-ins significantly reduced post-traumatic stress symptoms in children recovering from physical injuries.

A study using electronic health records from more than 10,000 children found machine learning models could identify which patients with early-life atopic dermatitis were most likely to develop persistent asthma or later,

The World Health Organization has prequalified the first malaria treatment specifically formulated for newborns and infants, a move aimed at closing a major treatment gap in endemic regions.

A national Medicaid analysis found that outpatient antibiotic use rises sharply with medical complexity in children, with the heaviest exposure concentrated among those with multiple chronic conditions.

A new pediatric analysis spanning the 2021 to 2024 influenza seasons found that vaccine protection shifted from year to year but still reduced both hospitalizations and outpatient visits.

Researchers report that household cleaning products were associated with more than 240,800 U.S. emergency department visits involving children, underscoring a continuing home-safety risk.

A correspondence in Nature Medicine argues that bespoke pediatric gene therapies are arriving faster than the traditional drug model can handle, and calls for a new regulatory framework built for individualized medicines