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New study reveals inconsistent care in EMS systems across the United States

Emergency medical service (EMS) systems are not consistently providing optimal care based on new national standards of quality to patients who call 911, according to a new study from the Icahn School of Medicine of Mount Sinai.

13 Feb 2024

Infants of non-White ethnicities are at greater risk of death in England

Twelve percent of infant deaths in England could be avoided if all infants in England had the same risk of death as White infants, a new University of Bristol-led study shows.

13 Feb 2024

The effect of wealth-related inequality on undernutrition in children under five

A new study in Scientific Reports examines this area, looking at how the two are related in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).

13 Feb 2024

Interpersonal distrust from childhood bullying linked to mental health problems in teens

A new study, co-led by UCLA Health and the University of Glasgow, found that young teenagers who develop a strong distrust of other people as a result of childhood bullying are substantially more likely to have significant mental health problems as they enter adulthood compared to those who do not develop interpersonal trust issues.

13 Feb 2024

Supportive parenting and screen time link maternal depression to child self-control, research finds

The potential association between depression among mothers and behavioral self-regulation.

13 Feb 2024

Exploring UK teenagers' concerns about future parenthood and their reproductive health education

Nearly half of teenagers are worried about having children and many lack knowledge about their reproductive health, find two new studies by UCL researchers.

12 Feb 2024

Study: 1 in 10 pregnant COVID survivors face long-term symptoms

While there is a growing body of research about the long-term effects of COVID in the general adult population, little research has been done on the long-term impacts on those who get COVID while pregnant.

12 Feb 2024

Pregnancy complications may also result in worse cardiovascular health for the child, study suggests

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and gestational diabetes (GDM) are two of the most common pregnancy complications and put pregnant people at increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease later in life.

12 Feb 2024

Novel approach improves CAR T-cell therapy efficacy against acute myeloid leukemia

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists improved chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T–cell immunotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), demonstrating better efficacy in the lab.

12 Feb 2024

Mount Sinai receives $4.1 million to develop AI-powered model for predicting sleep apnea outcomes

Mount Sinai researchers have been awarded a five-year, $4.1 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health to develop and study an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered model that predicts adverse outcomes of obstructive sleep apnea.

12 Feb 2024

Promising new CMV vaccine shows stronger immune response

An experimental mRNA vaccine against human cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common virus that can infect babies during pregnancy, elicited some of the most promising immune responses to date of any CMV vaccine candidate, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

12 Feb 2024

New comprehensive report on pediatric long COVID symptoms published

Up to 5.8 million children and youth in the U.S. have experienced symptoms of COVID-19 that persisted long after initial infection.

12 Feb 2024

Limiting screen time and returning to school early may speed up recovery after a concussion

Researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital have found that when it comes to concussion recovery, activity type matters.

12 Feb 2024

Meals provided in early education and childcare centers do not meet national dietary recommendations

Researchers at The University of Queensland have found meals provided in early education and childcare centers in some low socio-economic communities are not meeting national dietary recommendations.

12 Feb 2024

GoFundMe has become a health care utility

GoFundMe started as a crowdfunding site for underwriting "ideas and dreams," and, as GoFundMe's co-founders, Andrew Ballester and Brad Damphousse, once put it, "for life's important moments."

12 Feb 2024

Long COVID in children: A closer look reveals lasting impacts

A comprehensive review in Pediatrics highlights the significant impact of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) in children, revealing a wide range of long-term symptoms and the need for further research on its prevalence, risk factors, and mechanisms.

11 Feb 2024

Drug repurposing study finds lonafarnib effective against RSV

A study in Nature Communications identifies lonafarnib from the ReFRAME drug-repurposing library as a potent inhibitor of the RSV fusion protein, showing promise in reducing RSV infection in vitro and in vivo.

11 Feb 2024

Nutritional epigenetics education reduces ultra-processed food intake in parents of children with autism and ADHD

In a recent publication released by PubMed, American scientists led by Dr. Dufault at the Food Ingredient and Health Research Institute, reported the results of a clinical trial in which parents who received nutritional epigenetics education significantly reduced their consumption of ultra-processed foods while increasing their intake of whole and/or organic foods.

9 Feb 2024

UH Brain Health & Memory Center now treating patients with FDA-approved drug for Alzheimer's disease

University Hospitals (UH) Brain Health & Memory Center is now treating patients with LEQEMBI (lecanemab), a Food and Drug Administration-approved medication for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

9 Feb 2024

Children's Colorado announces its acceptance into the Pediatric Heart Network

Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) is announcing its recent acceptance into the Pediatric Heart Network (PHN), a collective of leading hospitals working to improve outcomes and quality of life for children – and more recently adults – with heart disease.

9 Feb 2024

Children News and Research

New study reveals inconsistent care in EMS systems across the United States

Infants of non-White ethnicities are at greater risk of death in England

The effect of wealth-related inequality on undernutrition in children under five

Interpersonal distrust from childhood bullying linked to mental health problems in teens

Supportive parenting and screen time link maternal depression to child self-control, research finds

Exploring UK teenagers' concerns about future parenthood and their reproductive health education

Study: 1 in 10 pregnant COVID survivors face long-term symptoms

Pregnancy complications may also result in worse cardiovascular health for the child, study suggests

Novel approach improves CAR T-cell therapy efficacy against acute myeloid leukemia

Mount Sinai receives $4.1 million to develop AI-powered model for predicting sleep apnea outcomes

Promising new CMV vaccine shows stronger immune response

New comprehensive report on pediatric long COVID symptoms published

Limiting screen time and returning to school early may speed up recovery after a concussion

Meals provided in early education and childcare centers do not meet national dietary recommendations

GoFundMe has become a health care utility

Long COVID in children: A closer look reveals lasting impacts

Drug repurposing study finds lonafarnib effective against RSV

Nutritional epigenetics education reduces ultra-processed food intake in parents of children with autism and ADHD

UH Brain Health & Memory Center now treating patients with FDA-approved drug for Alzheimer's disease

Children's Colorado announces its acceptance into the Pediatric Heart Network

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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