Pediatrics
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RSV kills 100,000 kids under age 5 a year worldwide
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Cannabis vaping continues its rise in teens
Use of cannabis without vaping declined, but use of other substances also increased among adolescents who vaped cannabis.
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Children and COVID: New cases up by 50%
Vaccinations continue to decline in younger children, while those aged 12-17 reversed a similar trend.
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New law bans infant sleep products linked to 200 deaths
President Joe Biden signed legislation that prohibits the manufacture and sale of crib bumpers or inclined sleepers for infants, due to the risk...
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Low butyrylcholinesterase: A possible biomarker of SIDS risk?
The problem with using these data prematurely is that it will unnecessarily alarm parents that their baby will die, and, to make it worse, be...
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Myositis guidelines aim to standardize adult and pediatric care
These are the first guidelines on how to manage adult and pediatric patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM).
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Medical education programs tell how climate change affects health
Medical schools are educating the next generation of doctors on one of the most widespread, insidious health threats of our time.
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Children and COVID: New cases climb slowly but steadily
Rates of new admissions climb, vary widely among the states.
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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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Implant may alleviate sleep apnea in teens with Down syndrome
The device used in the current study “stimulates the hypoglossal nerve to protrude the tongue and open the airway on inspiration during sleep.”