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This week, the Infectious Diseases Society of America released updated guidelines regarding testing for Group A Streptoc...
10/15/2025

This week, the Infectious Diseases Society of America released updated guidelines regarding testing for Group A Streptococcal pharyngitis in adolescents and adults.

“The principal utility of a scoring system is to identify patients with low probability of GAS pharyngitis,” the guideline stated, adding that doing so may reduce false positives, unnecessary testing, and antibiotic prescribing.

Read more on the updated guideline: https://hubs.li/Q03NLNsn0

10/14/2025

Thank you, Peace Madueme, MD, chief of at Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando, Florida, for speaking with us about and how they can supplement routine sports physicals for youth athletes.

In this interview, Madueme discusses the state's Second Chance Act, and the potential critical role these tests can play in identifying underlying heart conditions prior to sports activities.

Watch our full interview here: https://www.contemporarypediatrics.com/view/using-ecgs-to-identify-heart-conditions-in-youth-athletes-with-peace-madueme-md

According to new data published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Regeneron's investigational gene therapy DB-OTO ...
10/13/2025

According to new data published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Regeneron's investigational gene therapy DB-OTO demonstrated clinically meaningful hearing improvements in 11 of 12 children, with 3 having achieved normal hearing levels.

Data, presented at the 2025 American Academy of Otolaryngology, were from the phase 1/2 CHORD trial.

Read more on the data, and listen to commentary from Jay Rubinstein, MD, PhD, of the University of Washington - School of Medicine: https://hubs.li/Q03Nlc6R0

If you missed it: Today, the FDA accepted MannKind Corporation's sBLA for Inhalation Powder to include children and ad...
10/13/2025

If you missed it:

Today, the FDA accepted MannKind Corporation's sBLA for Inhalation Powder to include children and adolescents with type 1 or type 2 .

With the acceptance, the federal agency has assigned a target action date of May 28, 2026, for potential approval.

Full sBLA details and comments from Michael Haller, MD, MS-CI, lead author of the phase 3 INHALE trial: https://hubs.li/Q03Nl5w50

The FDA has accepted MannKind Corporation's sBLA seeking to expand the indication of Afrezza (insulin human) Inhalation ...
10/13/2025

The FDA has accepted MannKind Corporation's sBLA seeking to expand the indication of Afrezza (insulin human) Inhalation Powder to include children and adolescents with type 1 or type 2 . An approval decision is expected May 29, 2026. https://hubs.li/Q03Nhjnz0

In our Article of the Week, we highlight research out of Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine that...
10/11/2025

In our Article of the Week, we highlight research out of Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine that describe simple interventions that improve pediatrician adherence to prevention guidelines.

Our coverage includes comments from Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH and Lucy A Bilaver PhD.

Click below for the full article 👇
https://hubs.li/Q03N8bgM0

The authors examined preclinical and clinical evidence to assess how commonly used nonnutritive sweeteners—including asp...
10/10/2025

The authors examined preclinical and clinical evidence to assess how commonly used nonnutritive sweeteners—including aspartame, sucralose, saccharin, and stevia—affect glucose metabolism, insulin signaling, and gut microbiota composition.

Read more of our coverage of a recent comprehensive review published in Frontiers, which evaluated the complex relationship between artificial sweeteners and diabetes management.

MORE: https://hubs.li/Q03N7V9c0

Tapering adalimumab in inflammatory reduces flare rates and enhances recovery compared to abrupt discontinuation. Read...
10/09/2025

Tapering adalimumab in inflammatory reduces flare rates and enhances recovery compared to abrupt discontinuation. Read more in the latest edition of Journal Club with Dr. Jon Matthew Farber. https://hubs.li/Q03M_Fxr0

Explore the connection between recurrent lymphadenitis and tonsillectomy in children, highlighting diagnosis, treatment,...
10/08/2025

Explore the connection between recurrent lymphadenitis and tonsillectomy in children, highlighting diagnosis, treatment, and potential long-term complications, in our latest Puzzler case study.

Read the full case presentation, different diagnosis, and patient diagnosis here: https://hubs.li/Q03MSrbz0

Join us for a live national broadcast to explore strategies for improving pediatric atopic dermatitis care across all se...
10/08/2025

Join us for a live national broadcast to explore strategies for
improving pediatric atopic dermatitis care across all severities.
Experts will review the current standard of care, discuss approaches
to reduce disease burden in children, and highlight key differentiating factors of new and emerging topical therapies. You don’t want to miss this important discussion.

Register Today: bit.ly/48igZaM

Since 2017, a US guideline has encouraged clinicians to introduce peanut-containing foods to infants aged 4 to 6 months ...
10/07/2025

Since 2017, a US guideline has encouraged clinicians to introduce peanut-containing foods to infants aged 4 to 6 months to reduce the risk of . Despite these recommendations, clinician adherence has remained low.

To address low adherence, researchers from Northwestern Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago conducted the Intervention to Reduce Early Peanut Allergy in Children (iREACH) Trial.

Read more on the trial here: https://hubs.li/Q03MGv6w0

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