As more kids go down the ‘deep, dark tunnel’ of long Covid, doctors still can’t predict who is at risk
At 14 years old, Kate Dardis knows what pain feels like and how to work…
Category: pediatrics
Opinion: If pediatrics board can’t lead with its maternity leave policy, it should at least follow
When my daughter started to reveal just how comfortable she was in utero, and wasn’t…
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STAT+: The parents hoped an existing drug might keep their kids from having seizures. Then they saw the price
When Amber Freed heard in 2020 that a drug might help save her young child…
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New pediatricians are seeing few ‘bread and butter’ cases, but an influx of mental health crises
In his first month as a pediatric intern at the University of California San Francisco,…
Moderna says its Covid-19 shot works in kids as young as 12
Moderna said Tuesday its COVID-19 vaccine strongly protects kids as young as 12, a step…
STAT+: ‘It’s not a cure’: A gene therapy is opening a new chapter for children, but challenges endure
WEST BOYLSTON, Mass. — When Rachael and Pat Brown rattle off all that their daughter…
Opinion: As syphilis comes roaring back, newborn babies are tragic victims
Some diseases fade away. Others seem to do that, but then come roaring back. That’s…
The success of a novel scoliosis surgery hinges on when growth spurts hit. Can new tools better predict them?
Mia Schloegel was 11 when they found the curve in her spine. She was at…
New report offers guidance for pediatricians on how to prevent abuse of children with disabilities
Children with disabilities are at least three times more likely to experience abuse and neglect…
Wildfire smoke is particularly harmful to kids’ respiratory health, study finds
Wildfire smoke was associated with a far greater number of pediatric respiratory care visits than…
Opinion: It’s time to fast track innovation in medical devices for children
When a baby arrived at Children’s National Hospital with a critically underdeveloped heart, it was…
Thanks to physical distancing, masks, doctors see fewer cases of a polio-like condition in children
Many of the respiratory viruses that normally spike in the United States in the fall…
Opinion: Kids don’t need Covid-19 vaccines to return to school
The notion is out there that public school students should not return to in-person learning…
Pediatricians pivot to vaccines on the go as immunization rates drop during the pandemic
At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Eileen Costello, the chief of ambulatory pediatrics at…
Opinion: The FDA needs to apply its Covid-19 flexibility to pediatric cancer
One of the few bright spots in the Covid-19 pandemic has been the swift development…
Opinion: In the shadow of Covid-19 lurks the threat of a fearful measles outbreak
I grew up in the 1940s and 1950s. My mother had polio. I and all…
New pediatrician network puts spotlight on climate change’s effects on children
As the effects of climate change play out worldwide, pediatricians see the evidence in their…
Covid-19 surge could lead to another drop in patient visits, doctors fear — and more missed pediatric cancers
Nothing prepares a parent for a child’s cancer diagnosis. Even more unthinkable is wondering if…
Study offers new clues for treating brain cancer in children
Brain tumors are among the most common — and the most deadly — cancers among…
Opinion: Kids’ heart rates are rising as the pandemic drags on
In mid-March, schools across the country shut down. My 7-year-old son took it well; life…
Opinion: The lack of a national policy agenda for children during Covid-19 — and beyond — causes grave harm
As a neonatal intensivist, helping families and newborns in distress is part of my job….
Opinion: Children will pay long-term stress-related costs of Covid-19 unless we follow the science
The world is learning more about the uncommon but puzzling ways Covid-19 can show up…
Opinion: The curious link between kids’ birthdays and their getting the flu vaccine
Getting the influenza vaccine will be even more important for adults and children this fall…
Opinion: Telehealth makes me aspire to be a different kind of physician: the kind I used to be
In my nearly quarter-century as a primary care pediatrician, I have always aspired to be…
A silver lining to the pandemic response? Doctors hope to see fewer cases of a polio-like condition that affects children
If the pattern from recent history holds, starting next month, doctors in the U.S. will…
Opinion: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children related to Covid-19 isn’t the mystery it’s made out to be
As a physician taking care of hospitalized Covid-19 patients, I had very nearly become immune…
Opinion: In the NICU, both parents are essential and need to be at their child’s bedside
As Covid-19 surged through the United States this spring, Reina and James were told they…
Opinion: Cough and pneumonia in the time of coronavirus
Standing in line outside a grocery store in Seattle, almost at the front, the requisite…
STAT Plus: ‘One thing cancer patients don’t generally have is time’: New cancer research leader brings urgency to Sanofi
Peter Adamson joined Sanofi in late March, as the coronavirus pandemic surged around the world…
STAT Plus: Startup Spotlight: Aiming to speed precision cancer therapies to children
For some children with a certain type of brain tumor, treatment can mean surgery followed…
Opinion: Life with an autistic child can be difficult. During a pandemic it can be grueling
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted daily life for most people around the world. It has…
Opinion: Child abuse is one of many unseen harms from shutting down America’s schools
Tick tock, tick tock. In elementary school, my friend Krystal (not her real name) kept…
Awaiting an FDA decision, Akili rolls out its video game for kids with ADHD under relaxed rules
A long-awaited video game meant to be prescribed to kids with ADHD is finally being…
Opinion: How Instagram gave hope to a mother — and her daughter’s doctor
I am not a fan of Instagram. As a physician who grew up and trained…
Her son died. Two decades later, she met the medical student who got his heart
The young man handed her a stethoscope, opened his shirt, and pointed to where she…
STAT Plus: FDA approves the first treatment for peanut allergy, but commercial success is hardly assured
Children and teenagers with severe, sometimes life-threatening peanut allergies can reduce their risk from accidental…
Will the FDA give the go-ahead to a prescription video game? The wait goes on, as new data come in
SAN FRANCISCO — In mid-2018, the startup Akili Interactive Labs asked the Food and Drug…
Opinion: Precision medicine has a blind spot: children with cancer
Cancer, once a terrifying black box, is slowly being opened up. Thanks to advances in…
Opinion: Cutting 700,000 Americans from SNAP will increase health costs
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is our nation’s first line of defense against food…
Opinion: Medicaid covers sick or dying children. But it takes ‘going to battle’ to get it
One of the first things that happens when you find out your child has a…
For babies born with HIV, start treatment right away, study says
WASHINGTON — When babies are born with HIV, starting treatment within hours to days is…
Opinion: Concussions, broken bones, and more: a week of football in the U.S.
News about concussions and other injuries to young football players appears with alarming frequency, as…