Sara Kellner

Getting COVID-19 twice doubled children and adolescents’ risk for developing long COVID, according to data from the RECOVER trial published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.Before this study, Ravi Jhaveri, MD, head of the division of infectious diseases and Virginia H. Rogers Professor in Infectious Diseases at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, and colleagues suspected that

DENVER — Around 4,000 children are injured in golf cart-related accidents every year, according to a presentation at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition. Theodore J. Ganley, MD, director of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Sports Medicine and Performance Center, presented the findings in a follow-up to a 2021 study investigating trends in golf cart-related injuries among

Ten pediatric hospitals retained their spots on the U.S. News & World Report honor roll for best children’s hospitals in the country. The publication listed the top-ranked pediatric hospitals in unranked alphabetical order again. They are:

DENVER — A trauma center reported a sharp decrease in backover injuries among small children after a federal law made backup cameras in cars mandatory, according to a presentation at the AAP National Conference and Exhibition.

DENVER — COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy provides significant protection for mothers and their babies with no associated increase in risk, according to data from more than 1.2 million pregnancies presented at the AAP’s annual meeting.

Children with pain from sickle cell disease who received opioids within 1 hour of arriving in the ED were less likely to be hospitalized, according to the results of a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, MD, PhD, announced Wednesday that the state will work to “end all vaccine mandates,” including for children.“Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery,” Ladapo said at a press conference. “Who am I, as a government or anyone else, to tell you what you should put in your body? Our body is a gift from God.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, or CPSC, voted 2-0 to approve new safety standards for water bead toys, the agency recently announced.Water beads are superabsorbent polymer balls that can grow to more than 100 times their size in liquid. They are used for gardening, home decor and toys.

The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday recommended that all infants get vaccinated against COVID-19, deviating from the CDC on that and several other recommendations in its updated immunization schedule for children and adolescents.It was a rare split from the CDC, which no longer universally recommends COVID-19 vaccination for kids. The AAP also broke with federal recommendations on

Nicotine ingestions among young children declined 2015, but nicotine pouch ingestions more than 700% 2020, according to a study published in Pediatrics.“Nicotine pouches are a serious and growing toxic ingestion hazard among young children,” Gary A. Smith, MD, DrPH, founder and director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s