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Choosing Wisely campaign targets waste and overuse in hospital pediatrics
September 8, 2021
Multiple medical societies collaborated to develop guidelines for high-value care with less unnecessary testing and hospitalization.
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United States reaches 5 million cases of child COVID
September 8, 2021
New cases and hospitalizations reach new highs while vaccinations continue to drop in 12- to 15-year-olds.
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COVID-19 continues to complicate children’s mental health care
September 8, 2021
One pediatric hospital’s strategies for managing medical and mental health in the wake of the ongoing pandemic.
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Children and COVID: Weekly cases top 200,000, vaccinations down
August 31, 2021
Daily hospitalization rates are higher than ever before.
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Reassuring data on long-term outcomes among kids with MIS-C
August 31, 2021
Most children who develop multisystemic inflammatory syndrome after infection with SARS-CoV-2 recover relatively quickly and without significant sequelae.
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Children’s upper airways primed to combat SARS-CoV-2 infection
August 30, 2021
The findings may help to explain why children have a lower risk of developing severe COVID-19 illness or becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the first place.
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Children and COVID: New cases soar to near-record level
August 24, 2021
Vaccine initiations were down for the second consecutive week, but COVID-related deaths showed a big increase.
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Tocilizumab shortage continues as pandemic wears on
August 19, 2021
Emergency use authorization of tocilizumab for COVID-19 has led to a global shortage, but supplies for rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory conditions are faring better – for now.
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Children and COVID: New cases rise to winter levels
August 17, 2021
Since late June, weekly infections in children have increased by almost 1,400%.
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U.S. reports record COVID-19 hospitalizations of children
August 17, 2021
The U.S. now has an average of about 129,000 new COVID-19 cases per day, Reuters reported, which has doubled in about 2 weeks. The number of hospitalized patients is at a 6-month high, and about 600 people are dying each day.