Pediatrics News

Young children in the United States experienced “relatively modest” decreases in developmental scores during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

In a 3-2 vote, the Federal Trade Commission passed a final rule that bans new noncompete agreements with all workers in for-profit organizations.

HOUSTON — Ending universal masking and admission testing of all hospitalized patients was associated with an increase in hospital-onset COVID-19 at five Massachusetts hospitals, researchers found.

In February 2020, around the time the COVID-19 pandemic was picking up, the CDC stopped tracking a national outbreak of lung injuries related to vaping, which included many cases in teens.

Recent cannabis legalization and retail sales have had a limited impact on teen use, a study showed.

Over the years, an old friend, Michael Cater, MD, a pediatrician at Children's Hospital of Orange County, California, has shared numerous interesting cases, some from exotic places during his time in the Army.

When it comes to work-life balance, providers in the past skewed more toward work than life.

Healio spoke with I. Paul Singh, MD, about the management of dry eye in pediatric patients.

HOUSTON — Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD, has been working in vaccine development for more than 40 years.