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Immunology

COVID-19 vaccination linked to reduced infections in children with eczema

Children with atopic dermatitis (AD), commonly known as eczema, may experience fewer infections and allergic complications if they receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to new research presented at the 2025 American College ...

Immunology

Oral food challenges and immunotherapy offer hope for families managing food allergies in young children

Two new studies appearing in Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology and being presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Scientific Meeting in Orlando shine a spotlight on oral immunotherapy ...

HIV & AIDS

Early HIV treatment: Research reveals critical gaps

In an article published in The Lancet HIV, authors including Distinguished Professor Denis Nash and Professor Constantin Yiannoutsos aim to provide the most comprehensive estimates of pediatric mortality among children and ...

Pediatrics

Programs aimed at reducing pollution can benefit infant health

Because policies to address pollution are costly to implement and impose social burdens, it is important to understand the full benefits of pollution-reducing programs. An article in Health Economics provides compelling evidence ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

How teen friendships may predict self harm

Most of us know what it's like to be a teenager at school—and how it feels to fit into (or fall outside of) a school's social hierarchy. This typically includes some version of the popular kids, the loners and the in-betweeners, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Many children suffering ongoing COVID symptoms

More than 20% of children and young people in Aotearoa New Zealand are experiencing significant persistent health symptoms following COVID-19 infection, according to a new Otago-led study.

Dentistry

Finding the root of tooth decay in kids

A lack of oral health literacy among caregivers and access to dental services is driving tooth decay in young children research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has confirmed, with early childhood tooth decay affecting nearly ...

Health

Study explores 'social norms' of distracted driving among teens

A new study from Mass General Brigham researchers offers a stark reminder of how pervasive cell phone use while driving is among young people. The study team developed and disseminated a questionnaire to over 1,100 participants ...

Pediatrics

Survey suggests more people need to know how to prevent SIDS

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the unexpected, unexplained, sudden death of a child younger than one year old. Although the number of babies born in the United States who die from SIDS annually has declined in recent ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Pediatric mycoplasma pneumoniae infection incidence increased in 2024

Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae)-associated community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) incidence was significantly higher in 2024 than in 2018 to 2023 among children, according to research published in the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

Health

Air pollution is linked to adverse birth outcomes in India

Prenatal exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and climatic factors, such as temperature and rainfall, are associated with adverse birth outcomes in India, according to a study published in PLOS Global Public Health ...

Dentistry

Fluoride has greater benefits for vulnerable children

Water fluoridation is effective in preventing tooth decay overall, but there are greater benefits for children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, University of Queensland research has found.

Health

Gun suicides in US reached record high in 2023

More people in the United States died by gun suicide in 2023 than any year on record—more than by gun homicide, accidental shootings and police shootings combined.