Pediatrics News

• Patients Fend for Themselves to Access COVID Antibody Treatments Herritz found himself very much on his own. His primary care doctor wasn't sure he qualified for treatment. His transplant team in Wisconsin, where he'd had the liver surgery, wasn't calling back.
  Kaiser Health News, January 20, 2021
• Thousands of COVID-19 Vaccines Ruined During Shipping More than 16,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine were compromised this week while en route to states, either because the temperatures were too cold or too hot to maintain vaccine integrity.
  WebMD Health News, January 20, 2021
• 'Vicious Cycle' Sent Insulin Costs Through Roof: Senate Committee Insulin manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers refute the findings of the Senate report; activists say it clearly shows profits have been put ahead of peoples' lives.
  Medscape Medical News, January 20, 2021
• Women Physicians and the Pandemic: A Snapshot 'Women physicians do not have trouble balancing competing demands any more than men physicians do. It is simply a more common expectation that women physicians will adjust their professional lives.'
  Medscape Medical News, January 20, 2021
• 100 Million Vaccinations in the First 100 Days. It Won't Be Easy. Incoming President Joe Biden has promised to provide 100 million covid-19 vaccinations in his first 100 days in office.
  Kaiser Health News, January 20, 2021
• Black Race Noted More Prominently in PHI Than White Race Black patients were more likely to have race noted in the first line of their patient history vs Whites, and attending physicians were more likely to document race than residents, new data show.
  Medscape Medical News, January 20, 2021
• Journal Expresses Concern Over Study of Potential Tx for Autism The article purported to show that the drug ubiquinol could improve the ability of children with autism to communicate with their parents, communicate verbally, play games, and help other behaviors.
  Retraction Watch, January 20, 2021
• With Fewer Resources, Rural America Tackles Vaccine Distribution Rural clinics face unique challenges in connecting perishable vaccines with residents who often live miles away.
  Undark, January 20, 2021
• Metformin Treatment Again Linked to Fewer Deaths From COVID-19 The latest of several studies, this time in a very diverse population, shows a striking threefold reduction in deaths from COVID-19 in those taking this leading treatment for type 2 diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, January 20, 2021
• Assistive Technology Aids Language Learning in Hearing-Impaired Children Children who are deaf or hard of hearing can learn to express themselves with longer phrases, take more turns in conversations, and develop more words in their vocabulary when they receive assistive speech technology, a clinical trial found.
  Reuters Health Information, January 15, 2021
• Basophil Activation Test Can Limit Need for Oral Food Challenges in Nut, Seed Allergies In children with one or more nut allergies who have undergone skin prick and specific IgE testing, the basophil activation test can reduce the number of oral food challenges needed to clarify which other nuts, if any, the child is allergic to, researchers report.
  Reuters Health Information, January 15, 2021
• Group-Based Parenting Programs Help Early Childhood Development in Kenya Parenting programs in Kenya with peer groups of mothers and children improved cognitive, language, and socioemotional development among young children, according to a new report.
  Reuters Health Information, January 15, 2021
• Many EM Docs Have Treated COVID Patients Without Proper PPE A Medscape survey also found that for most emergency physicians, income has dropped 11% to 50% during the pandemic. Fewer than half say their workplace offers help with grief and stress.
  Medscape Medical News, January 19, 2021
• Experts Call for Better Masks as Pandemic Rolls On "I've seen more COVID patients than I can count since March, and I get tested regularly, and I've not tested positive. I want others to have that kind of protection, too," says Abraar Karan, MD.
  WebMD Health News, January 19, 2021
• Orthodox Jewish Docs Wrestle With COVID-19, Bad Press Physicians who are part of tight-knit Jewish communities are working to mitigate risk and fight misinformation during the pandemic, without sacrificing religious and traditional social practices.
  Medscape Medical News, January 19, 2021
• Groups Strategize COVID-19 Vaccine Access for People of Color States that rank highly on COVID-19 vulnerability indexes, in particular, have fallen behind on vaccinations for high-risk groups that need them most.
  WebMD Health News, January 19, 2021
• NY Governor Explores Buying Virus Vaccine Directly From Maker Frustrated by the flow of coronavirus vaccine from the federal government, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday floated the idea of buying shots for New Yorkers directly from one of the vaccine makers, Pfizer.
  Associated Press, January 19, 2021
• Coronavirus Deaths Rising in 30 US States Amid Winter Surge Coronavirus deaths are rising in nearly two-thirds of American states as a winter surge pushes the overall toll toward 400,000 amid warnings that a new, highly contagious variant is taking hold.
  Associated Press, January 19, 2021
• Low Carb Diets Boost Diabetes Remission Rates, at Least Short Term Following a low-carbohydrate diet for 6 months increases type 2 diabetes remission rates by a third, but ongoing support and 'convenient solutions' are needed for long-term adherence, says expert.
  Medscape Medical News, January 19, 2021
• Guatemalan Families Mourn Death of Children as Hunger Spreads Two-year-old Yesmin Anayeli Perez died this week of illnesses linked to malnutrition, the third small child to die from similar causes in an impoverished mountain village in eastern Guatemala within weeks, residents and health officials said.
  Reuters Health Information, January 15, 2021