Pediatrics News

• Video Teleconferencing as Good as In-Person for Some Conditions Video teleconferencing works best for monitoring patients with chronic conditions, according to the author of a new paper.
  Medscape Medical News, December 07, 2021
• When the Surges Just Keep Coming: A View From the COVID Vortex Fresno County, one of California's persistent COVID-19 hot spots, is experiencing an autumn surge that once again has overwhelmed area hospitals.
  Kaiser Health News, December 07, 2021
• Data Science, Black Leaders: Disparities Compound COVID Risk Inside the Black Equity Coalition's novel effort to share community health intel and scrape government data to understand — and document — the life-threatening differences between white and Black Pittsburgh.
  Kaiser Health News, December 07, 2021
• Negative Confirmatory Trial Did Little to Drive Down Use of Questionable Preterm Drug Use of hydroxyprogesterone caproate injection (Makena) for recurrent preterm birth remained high in the US after a 'confirmatory' clinical trial failed to show a benefit of the drug, a new analysis indicates.
  Reuters Health Information, December 06, 2021
• Malaria Deaths Rise by 69,000 in 2020 Due to COVID-19 Disruptions, Says WHO Healthcare disruptions linked to the coronavirus pandemic helped malaria kill 69,000 more people in 2020 than the previous year, but a worst-case scenario was averted, WHO said on Monday.
  Reuters Health Information, December 06, 2021
• Police at New Jersey Capitol Boost COVID Rule Enforcement The stepped-up enforcement comes after confusion broke out last week when Republican Assembly members defied the requirement and attempted to gain access to the Assembly chamber.
  Associated Press, December 07, 2021
• Advocating for Children's Health, One Page at a Time Although not a household name, the nonprofit Reach Out and Read has been advocating for childhood literacy for over three decades now by partnering with physicians.
  Medscape Medical News, December 07, 2021
• IDF 2021 IDF Atlas: 1 in 10 Adults Worldwide Now Has Diabetes New edition includes data on prevalence, mortality, and diabetes expenditures, with new sections on adult-onset type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes in youth, and the impact of COVID-19 on diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, December 07, 2021
• NYC Mandates COVID Vaccine for Private Sector Workers This "first-in-nation" program that will apply to about 184,000 businesses the mayor said in a news release.
  WebMD Health News, December 07, 2021
• Louisiana to Require the COVID Vaccine for Students "Absent some compelling reason, which I at present have not seen, I fully expect that we will be adding the vaccine to the schedule."
  WebMD Health News, December 07, 2021
• Online Reviews Most Important Factor in Choosing a Doctor: Survey Consumers now use online ratings and stars more than provider referrals or any other factor when they're shopping for a doctor, per a new Press Ganey poll.
  Medscape Medical News, December 07, 2021
• Specialists Think It's Up to the PCP to Recommend Flu Vaccines Only 45% of patients with chronic illnesses receive an annual flu shot. Vaccine recommendations from specialists could be the answer.
  Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2021
• FDA Expands Pembrolizumab Approval for Advanced Melanoma The expanded approval is for the adjuvant treatment of advanced melanoma after complete resection in patients aged 12 years and older.
  Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2021
• AES 2021 Nonmotor Seizures Delay Diagnosis of Focal Epilepsy Delays in diagnosis of focal epilepsy are greater after nonmotor seizures, especially in children in comparison with adults, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2021
• Early Reports on Omicron Variant Are Encouraging, Fauci Says 'Thus far, it does not look like there's a great degree of severity to it,' Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN's State of the Union.
  WebMD Health News, December 06, 2021
• PA Duo Make It Their Mission to Serve Uninsured Patients Two physician assistants are changing the narrative surrounding uninsured patients through community, empathy, and hard work.
  Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2021
• IDSA Advises Eye Protection as Part of Health Worker PPE for Patients With COVID In updated guidance, IDSA suggests that healthcare personnel caring for patients with suspected or known COVID-19 use eye protection as part of appropriate personal protective equipment.
  Reuters Health Information, December 03, 2021
• FDA Clears Use of Lilly's COVID-19 Antibody Therapy for Kids The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of Eli Lilly's COVID-19 dual-antibody therapy in treating mild to moderate symptoms in all children, including newborns, who are at risk of severe illness.
  Reuters Health Information, December 03, 2021
• Seaweed Extract Stops COVID in Early Testing As scientists hunt for alternatives for people who can't access vaccines for COVID-19, they are searching underwater in unexpected places to study the therapeutic potential of edible marine algae.
  WebMD Health News, December 06, 2021
• Is It Time to Change the Definition of 'Fully Vaccinated'? Experts weigh in as the federal government urges everyone to get boosted amid concerns over omicron, a new covid variant.
  Kaiser Health News, December 06, 2021