Pediatrics
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Children and COVID: New cases down again, but still ‘extremely high’
After 3 months, the vaccination of 5- to 11-year-olds is falling behind that of older children.
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Infant bronchiolitis subtype may predict asthma risk
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Future respiratory infection risk raised by early life virus exposure
“The interferon-related gene activity caused by an early first viral infection is thought to create a proinflammatory environment that makes...
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Children and COVID: United States passes 10 million total cases
Weekly cases exceed 1 million for the first time as Omicron sets records among the vaccinated.
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Peanut oral immunotherapy is safe and effective in toddlers in large placebo-controlled trial
Even after stopping maintenance dosing for the next 6 months, more than 1 in 5 maintained that level of protection.
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Severe outcomes increased in youth hospitalized after positive COVID-19 test
Older age, underlying illness, and symptom duration were associated with increased risk of severe outcomes.
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Pediatric community-acquired pneumonia: 5 days of antibiotics better than 10 days
“These data are immediately applicable to frontline clinicians,” said Dr. Derek Williams of Vanderbilt University.
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Children and COVID: U.S. sees almost 1 million new cases
Hospital admission rate for children has risen by 547% since the end of November.
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Children and COVID: New cases and hospital admissions skyrocket
Almost 3,500 U.S. children were in the hospital with confirmed COVID-19 on Jan. 9.
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CDC: More kids hospitalized with COVID since pandemic began
“[It] very well may be that there are just more cases out there, and our children are more vulnerable when they have more cases surrounding them...