Pediatrics News

• Main Causes of Food-Induced Anaphylaxis Identified Most triggers remain the same, but soybean may be less important.
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• Strategies to Turn the Tide on Racial and Gender Inequity Dr Jorge Ganem believes we should approach gender inequities and racial disparities through a quality and patient safety lens.
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• US Schools Turn Focus to Mental Health of Students Reeling From Pandemic As COVID-19 upended education during the past year, Pennsylvania middle school teacher Jennifer Lundberg often began her English lessons gauging the mental wellbeing of her students.
  Reuters Health Information, May 06, 2021
• Pleas for Help in India as COVID-19 Leaves Children Without Carers When an Indian children's rights group tracked down two boys aged 6 and 8 after it was told that their parents were both severely ill with COVID-19 and unable to care for them, the children had not eaten for days.
  Reuters Health Information, May 06, 2021
• Parental Deaths Climb as Much as 20% During COVID-19 Pandemic in US COVID-19 fatalities in the US have so far taken a parent from more than 37,000 children, an increase of 17.5% to 20.2% in parental bereavement compared to the pre-pandemic period, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, May 05, 2021
• Canada Permits Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Children 12-15, Reports Third Death Linked to AstraZeneca Canada is authorizing the use of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for use in children aged 12 to 15, the first doses to be allowed for people that young, the federal health ministry said on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, May 05, 2021
• Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer — Are Sugary Drinks to Blame? A new analysis has found that two high-sugar drinks a day in young adulthood was associated with more than double the cancer risk before age 50.
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• CBD for Severe Epilepsy Linked to Early Puberty in a 2-Year-Old Cannabidiol, purchased online, has been linked to early puberty in a very young child with severe intractable epilepsy.
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• Woman Gives Birth to 9 Babies 'I'm very happy,' the woman's husband, Adjudant Kader Arby, told the BBC. 'My wife and the babies are doing well.'
  WebMD Health News, May 07, 2021
• Topol Talks: COVID-19 Variants Are Innocent Until Proven Guilty Medscape Medical News Editor-in-Chief Eric Topol, MD, addresses the ability of current and future COVID-19 vaccines to combat SARS-CoV-2 variants and other obstacles to pandemic "containment."
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• ARVO 2021 COVID-19 Confinement May Have Caused Myopia in Kids The COVID-19 pandemic may have contributed to a myopia pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2021
• Majority of Parents Will Wait on Kids' COVID Vaccine The survey, by the polling company Invisibly, asked 1258 parents about their thoughts on the COVID vaccine for their children.
  WebMD Health News, May 06, 2021
• Should COVID Shots for Teens Go to Developing Countries? The move to immunize teenagers has spurred an ethical debate among medical professionals: Should those doses set for American teens go abroad instead?
  WebMD Health News, May 06, 2021
• Pediatric Topics Cross Continuum of COVID-19 Risk stratification remains key in clinical decision-making.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2021
• Telemedicine Is a Tool — Not a Replacement for a Doctor's Touch Many new types of telemedicine promoted by start-ups more clearly benefit providers' and investors' pockets, rather than yielding more convenient, high-quality and cost-effective medicine for patients.
  Kaiser Health News, May 06, 2021
• COVID Restrictions Tough for Individuals With Autism and Their Caregivers COVID-19 restrictions greatly impacted young people with neurodevelopmental disorders and their caregivers, according to results of a large survey released at the INSAR annual meeting.
  Reuters Health Information, May 05, 2021
• Obesity Is Deadlier in Men With COVID-19 Than in Women The association between obesity and in-hospital death, severe pneumonia, and intubation among those with COVID-19 increases with BMI; the link is stronger for men than women.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2021
• Nighttime Asthma Predicts Poor Outcomes in Teens Teens with persistent nocturnal asthma symptoms were significantly more likely than those without to report poor functional health independent of daytime asthma, based on data from 430 adolescents.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2021
• DHHS: Fully Vaccinated Nebraska Woman Dies of COVID-19 The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) said in a news release that the woman was in her 80s and had underlying health conditions.
  Associated Press, May 06, 2021
• Bill Would Make Employers Pay for Any Required COVID-19 Test The bill would prohibit employers from requiring that an employee or job applicant pay the cost of a COVID-19 test as a condition of employment.
  Associated Press, May 06, 2021