According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, evidence continues to support the COVID-19 vaccine’s use in young and higher-risk children and adolescents.
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Abrupt policy changes and confusing public messaging have injected confusion in back-to-school vaccine protocols.
As many as 1 in 5 Americans believe they have a penicillin allergy, but just a tiny fraction actually do. In recent years, it’s gotten a lot easier to find out.
Children as young as six months are exposed to adult cosmetics. Risks include hormone disruption, skin reactions and long-term health concerns.
Nearly one in 20 UK children have DCD, also known as dyspraxia, but most wait years for a diagnosis.
Florida is one of the worst states in the US when it comes to access to affordable dental care – and children are suffering as a result.
The promise and peril of sequencing every baby’s genome.
The health secretary has made many inaccurate statements about vaccines. But the science is clear that vaccines have dramatically reduced childhood illness, disability and death.
There’s no solid evidence that thimerosal harms children. RFK Jr.’s handpicked vaccine advisory committee voted against using it in the one type of flu vaccine where it is still used.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices guides the CDC’s hand on vaccine policy, but some of its new members have voiced anti-vaccine views.
Just one unlocked firearm may undo the protective effect of securing all other firearms in the home.
Vaccine hesitancy isn’t a moral failure – it’s a property of a system in which people must balance personal and collective interests.
Chronic pain in children is common. Effective solutions exist − and training community providers is one way to get treatment to kids who need it.
Public health experts and professional health care associations have expressed concern that the guidance goes against research on the vaccine’s benefits in pregnancy.
The majority of children’s diets in the US consist of ultraprocessed foods, which a growing body of research suggests can lead to metabolic diseases and other conditions.
Many parents think that drinking at home is a safe way to teach teenagers about alcohol, but research suggests this is not true.
The US eliminated measles in 2000, but the number of cases at home and abroad has experts worried.
Measles cases are rising in Australia and globally. Two paediatric infectious disease experts answer some key questions.
Rates of the bacterial infection have gone up by 500% since last year, with babies and young children most at risk.
The World Health Organization estimates that 43% of children have tooth decay worldwide and 20% of children aged 5-19 years are overweight or living with obesity.
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Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, The Kids Research Institute Australia, The University of Western Australia
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Clinical Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University
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Team Lead, Healthy Skin and Acute Rheumatic Fever Prevention, The Kids Research Institute Australia
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Endowed Professor of Health Policy and Associate Dean, George Washington University
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Professor of Earth Sciences and Executive Director, Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Education, Charles Sturt University
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Paediatrician & Infectious Diseases Physician; Senior Lecturer & NHMRC Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Physiotherapy, University of Technology Sydney
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Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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Paediatrician and Associate Professor, UNSW
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Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW
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Principal Fellow, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne