April 16th 2024
Findings indicating that socioeconomic disparities widened gaps in vaccination timeliness signal the need for increased efforts to promote timely vaccination among children from families with lower income and those without private insurance.
Background and Key Concepts in Biosimilars: Improving Awareness and Addressing Common Concerns
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Clinical Conversations With the Cancer Care Team: Striving for Equitable Access to Oral Anticancer Medications
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Child Abuse: Responsibilities and Protection of the Reporter
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Overweight children have increased blood pressure risk, study finds
October 18th 2011Children who are overweight or obese have 3 times as much risk of high blood pressure as children of normal weight have, reported a study published recently in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.
FDA approves 2 new strengths of leuprolide acetate to treat children with CPP
August 17th 2011FDA has approved 2 new strengths (11.25 mg and 30 mg) for 3-month administration of leuprolide acetate for depot suspension (Lupron Depot-PED, Abbott) for the treatment of children with central precocious puberty.
FDA approves first meningococcal vaccine for infants and toddlers
May 10th 2011FDA approved the use of meningococcal (A, C, Y, W-135) polysaccharide diphtheria toxoid conjugate vaccine (Menactra, Sanofi Pasteur) in children aged as young as 9 months for the prevention of invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, C, Y, and W-135.
Poison Prevention Week stresses dangers of Rx, OTC poisonings
March 24th 2011The American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Association of Poison Control Centers are raising awareness about the dangers of drug poisoning as part of Poison Prevention Week, which is taking place March 20 to 26.
Coadministration of flu, pneumococcal vaccine increases risk of febrile seizure
March 15th 2011Children 6 to 23 months of age who receive trivalent inactivated flu vaccine concurrently with the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine are at increased risk of febrile seizures, according to researchers at the CDC and Harvard Medical School.
FDA lopinavir/ritonavir label change warns of serious health risks to premature babies
March 14th 2011FDA notified healthcare professionals of serious health risks that have been reported in premature babies receiving lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra, Abbott) oral solution. Lopinavir/ritonavir oral solution contains the ingredients alcohol and propylene glycol.
Corticosteroids' safety affirmed in treatment of childhood asthma
March 8th 2011Children being treated with a short course of oral corticosteroids for an acute asthma attack may experience a brief and transient depression of their immune response, according to a recent study conducted by Université de Montréal.
FDA approves head lice treatment for children and adults
January 19th 2011FDA approved spinosad (Natroba, ParaPRO LLC) Topical Suspension 0.9% for the treatment of head lice infestation in patients aged 4 years and older. Natroba is a topical drug product and should be applied only to the child's scalp or hair.