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Children and COVID: New cases up for third straight week
Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech each submitted requests for emergency use authorizations for vaccines in the last week.
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Unexplained hepatitis cases in children reported in 10 U.S. states, more than 200 worldwide
Although the total number of worldwide cases remains small, the severity of the cases – as well as their unexplained cause – have health officials...
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Children and COVID: Weekly cases rise again, but more slowly
Major national indicators offer no suggestion of another surge.
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Firearm counseling in the ED could be lifesaving for teens
“We know that counseling is really helpful for these families, because when they come to the emergency department with a concern, they can have a...
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Kindergarten vaccination rates dip below 95% target
COVID-19 was largely to blame, experts say. Authors of a CDC report urge outreach and follow-up to get kids caught up on vaccinations against...
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Pandemic prompts spike in eating disorder hospitalization for adolescents
Significant increases occurred in length of stay, use of medications, and discharge to inpatient treatment.
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Gun violence now leading cause of death for U.S. children
“Gun owners want to be responsible. These deaths are really preventable.”
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Program successfully boosts pediatric cancer research
In the year prior to RACE implementation, there were no approvals of therapeutics.
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Fetuses suffer the effects of poverty in the womb
Across the countries studied, babies were smaller at birth if they came from a lower-income household, and this was already apparent at 20 weeks...
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Age and ferritin levels may predict MIS-C severity
“We do not understand why teens get more severe MIS-C than younger children.”