Pediatrics

A neurologist explains why our bodies fare better when aligned with the natural light of standard time

RSV is the number one reason children are admitted to hospitals. Progress in developing preventatives raises hopes of changing that

A small fraction of young children in the U.S. are vaccinated against COVID. Pediatricians can help

Although the risk of long COVID is not insignificant, it is much lower than previously thought

An unvaccinated person in New York State’s Rockland County developed paralysis from a polio infection, emphasizing the need to target vaccination efforts to vulnerable communities

Children “are not little adults”—they have more trouble regulating temperature than adults do

An advisory committee voted unanimously to recommend authorizing the Moderna and Pfizer shots for the youngest children

The country has reached an unthinkably grim milestone. Nearly 200,000 children have lost parents, many more elderly have been killed, and family well-being has been ripped apart

The huge jump in cases means more hospitalizations. And children’s small airways can be more easily blocked by infections

Deaths of parents and other terrible experiences have hurt hundreds of thousands, so new initiatives are trying to help families in pain

Vaccination is likely to prevent many more COVID cases than it is to cause a rare and nonfatal heart side effect in five- to 11-year-olds

Vaccine refusal by parents is not about a lack of education, but amassing social status