CBT and exercise therapies reduce pain disability in juvenile fibromyalgia without clear superiority
Three therapies similarly reduce disability in teens with juvenile fibromyalgia
A randomized controlled trial of 317 adolescents with juvenile fibromyalgia compared CBT alone, graded aerobic exercise alone, and combined …
Three teen pain therapies worked equally well to reduce disability in juvenile fibromyalgia, showing no single approach was better than the …
Phase 2 trial assesses JYNNEOS vaccine in adolescents for monkeypox prevention
Is the monkeypox vaccine safe and effective for teenagers?
A Phase 2 open-label, non-placebo controlled trial evaluated the standard subcutaneous JYNNEOS regimen in 315 vaccinia-naïve adolescents (12…
A new study is looking at whether the standard monkeypox vaccine works for adolescents.
Maternal and other caregiver stimulation linked to child development in Northern Ghana trial
Who helps a child's brain grow best? It depends on who's doing the playing
A cluster-randomized controlled trial of 313 mother-child dyads in Northern Ghana found associations between Early Stimulation Activities (E…
In Northern Ghana, mothers' play boosts social skills while other caregivers' play strengthens language, but fathers' play showed no clear l…
FM systems improve language and articulation more than hearing aids in children with mild hearing loss
For kids with mild hearing loss, which device helps them learn language better?
A 12-month RCT in 43 Cantonese-speaking children aged 6-7 with mild bilateral sensorineural hearing loss found FM systems significantly impr…
For kids with mild hearing loss, a special classroom microphone system helped them learn language and pronounce words better than standard h…
Smartphone tool plus visual assessment increases jaundice detection in feasibility study of 542 newborns
Smartphone tool tested for newborn jaundice screening in Mexico feasibility study
A feasibility RCT in 542 newborns in Mexico compared smartphone-based Picterus Jaundice Pro plus visual assessment to visual assessment alon…
A smartphone app helped Mexican healthcare workers identify more newborns needing emergency care for jaundice in a recent feasibility study.
Machine learning models show modest prediction of adolescent benefit from school mindfulness training
Can an algorithm predict which teens will benefit from school mindfulness?
A secondary analysis of a cluster randomized trial in 8,376 UK adolescents aged 11-13 found machine learning models had modest predictive pe…
An algorithm predicted which teens would benefit from school mindfulness, but the actual improvement in symptoms was too small to make a dif…
Protocol describes pediatric TB diagnostic study evaluating non-sputum assays in Kenyan children
Researchers plan study to test new tuberculosis tests for children in Kenya
This protocol outlines a prospective observational cohort study (PDTBDx) that will enroll >400 children <15 years with TB symptoms in Nairob…
New tuberculosis tests for children in Kenya do not require coughing to help diagnose the disease and track treatment response up to two yea…
Retrospective study identifies CRP, pleural effusion, and LDH as risk factors for plastic bronchitis in children with refractory M. pneumoniae pneumonia
Study identifies three risk factors for plastic bronchitis in children with severe pneumonia
A retrospective cohort study of 205 hospitalized children with refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia found that 25.4% (52 patients) dev…
Doctors found three warning signs in children with severe pneumonia that predict a dangerous airway complication called plastic bronchitis.
Vaccinated children with cerebral palsy show better motor, communication function in cohort study
Could vaccines help children with cerebral palsy move and communicate better?
A bidirectional cohort study of 484 children with cerebral palsy found vaccinated children had significantly better motor function (p=0.001)…
Children with cerebral palsy who got routine vaccines scored better on motor and communication tests than unvaccinated peers in a hospital s…
Case report: Halo-pelvic traction linked to diplopia and tongue deviation in adolescent scoliosis
Can a rare spine treatment cause vision and tongue problems in a child?
A case report describes a 12-year-old female with severe congenital scoliosis who developed diplopia and tongue deviation after 40 days of h…
A 12-year-old girl with a curved spine developed double vision and tongue issues during spinal lengthening treatment, but symptoms faded aft…
Case report identifies highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) in California child
A child in California caught bird flu. How did it happen?
A case report describes a school-aged child in San Francisco, California, with confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus inf…
A school-aged child in California has bird flu with no known source of exposure, prompting health officials to investigate how the virus rea…
Bivalent COVID-19 mRNA booster shows similar early safety to monovalent in children aged 5-11
Is the updated COVID-19 booster safe for young kids? Early monitoring suggests yes
A US safety monitoring report in children aged 5-11 found similar early safety findings for bivalent COVID-19 mRNA vaccine booster doses com…
Early safety monitoring shows the updated COVID-19 booster for kids aged 5 to 11 has a safety profile similar to the original vaccine.