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AAP: Babies should eat a varied diet to protect against heavy metals in commercial, homemade food

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: August 11, 2022
TOPICS: Advocacy, Environmental Health, Fetus/Newborn Infant, Lead, Nutrition, Public Health
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The AAP is reiterating its call for swift, comprehensive federal regulation of heavy metals in foods that babies eat.
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FDA: Children to receive monkeypox vaccine subcutaneously while adults have new intradermal option

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: August 09, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Vaccine/Immunization
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The new option will help increase supply of the JYNNEOS vaccine.
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Study: Children with COVID more likely to develop blood clots, heart issues, kidney failure

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: August 09, 2022
TOPICS: Cardiology, Diabetes Mellitus, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Pulmonology, COVID-19
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Post-COVID conditions in the study were rare but potentially serious.
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U.S. declares monkeypox a public health emergency

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: August 04, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Vaccine/Immunization
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Health officials said the declaration in the U.S. will allow them to ramp up their efforts to deploy personnel, make vaccines and treatments more widely available, improve data collection, educate the public, and raise awareness of the outbreak.
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Study finds increase in gun-related deaths among children, adolescents during pandemic

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: August 04, 2022
TOPICS: Firearms, Injury, Violence & Poison Prevention, Public Health
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The number of deaths above the norm roughly equaled the number of children who died from the virus.
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Study finds no evidence of social contagion among transgender youths

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: August 03, 2022
TOPICS: Adolescent Health/Medicine, Diversity, equity and inclusion
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Adolescents assigned female at birth are no more likely than those assigned male to identify as transgender.
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Study: Children’s pandemic media use linked to parental stress

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: August 02, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Media, Psychiatry/Psychology, Screen Time, COVID-19
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About 33% of children ages 6-10 years and 39% of adolescents 11-17 years had problematic media use.
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CDC releases pediatric monkeypox guidance

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: July 27, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Vaccine/Immunization
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The agency’s new guidance covers prevention, symptoms, management, treatment, vaccines, infection control and breastfeeding.
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CDC: 2 children diagnosed with monkeypox; treatment process streamlined

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: July 26, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Vaccine/Immunization
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Tecovirimat, an antiviral medication developed for smallpox, can be used via expanded access investigational new drug protocol to treat monkeypox in children and adults who are at risk of severe disease.
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Study: Asthma-related ED visits linked to areas with low education, high crime rates

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: July 25, 2022
TOPICS: Asthma, Public Health, Pulmonology, Preventive Medicine
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Authors called for community-wide interventions to address social determinants of health.
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FDA, AAP offer resources to help families using imported infant formula

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: July 14, 2022
TOPICS: Fetus/Newborn Infant, Nutrition
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The FDA is stressing that the imported infant formulas it has approved for use in the U.S. are safe and nutritious.
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Study: Routine childhood vaccines prevented more than 24 million illnesses in 2019

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: July 13, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Influenza, Public Health, Vaccine/Immunization
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Vaccination helped avoid about 6.1 million cases of Streptococcus pneumoniae acute otitis media, nearly 4.3 million cases of varicella and more than 3.6 million cases of measles.
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CDC issues advisory on parechovirus infections in infants

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: July 12, 2022
TOPICS: Fetus/Newborn Infant, Infectious Diseases
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Parechovirus infections should be considered in infants with fever, sepsis-like syndrome or neurological illness such as seizures or meningitis without another known cause.
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Study: Sleeping 10 hours per night linked to kindergarten success

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: July 11, 2022
TOPICS: Sleep Medicine
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Children who regularly slept at least 10 hours per night were more likely to be highly rated on behavior, relationships, school readiness and academic performance measures.
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AAP town hall includes White House guest, COVID vaccine Q&A

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: July 06, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Vaccine/Immunization, COVID-19
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Experts answered questions about COVID vaccine preferences, coadministration and timing.
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Study: Childhood obesity increasing, starting earlier

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: July 05, 2022
TOPICS: Nutrition, Obesity
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Authors expressed concern about the impact of rising obesity on rates of diabetes and cardiovascular issues and called for better interventions for young children.
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FDA panel: Include omicron in COVID vaccine boosters this fall

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: June 28, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Vaccine/Immunization, COVID-19
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FDA officials say they are concerned about reduced effectiveness of the current vaccines against omicron.
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Moderna vaccine for children ages 6-17 backed by CDC

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: June 23, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Vaccine/Immunization, COVID-19
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The vaccine gives families of school-age children a second option for protection against COVID-19.
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CDC vaccine group OKs new MMR, PCV vaccines for children

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: June 22, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Influenza, Public Health, Vaccine/Immunization
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The CDC director will review ACIP's recommendations and decide whether to approve them.
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COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 OK’d by FDA

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: June 15, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Vaccine/Immunization, COVID-19
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The CDC's vaccine committee is discussing the vaccines June 17-18. If the CDC director approves, they could be available next week.
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