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Research receives $1.2 million to give Australian children the best nutritional start in life

A digital toolkit for early childcare workers, parents and families designed to ensure nutritious food is provided to children under five is being developed by University of Queensland researchers.

16 Sep 2021

Children's exposure to parental assault on a sibling associated with mental health issues

A national study from the University of New Hampshire shows children who witness the abuse of a brother or sister by a parent can be just as traumatized as those witnessing violence by a parent against another parent.

16 Sep 2021

Hydroxyurea therapy can improve or reverse cardiac complications in sickle cell anemia patients

Heart abnormalities are common complications of sickle cell anemia (SCA) that can contribute to severe disease symptoms and even death.

16 Sep 2021

Pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infections usually mild, says study

A new study in the journal BMC Pediatrics describes the clinical phenotypes and outcomes in a thousand children who developed COVID-19.

16 Sep 2021

Single dose of typhoid conjugate vaccine found to be safe and effective in Malawian kids

A new study, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, finds a single dose of typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) – the only typhoid vaccine licensed for children as young as 6 months – is safe and 84 percent effective in protecting against typhoid in Blantyre, Malawi.

16 Sep 2021

IL-1-Ra autoantibodies observed in high frequency in children with PIMS/MIS-C

Although severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection typically affects children only mildly, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) or pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS) is a serious but rare complication occurring after infection.

16 Sep 2021

Rockefeller saliva test turns out to be easier and safer to administer than conventional COVID tests

In the early days of the pandemic, with commercial COVID tests in short supply, Rockefeller's Robert B. Darnell developed an in-house assay to identify positive cases within the Rockefeller community.

16 Sep 2021

Study looks at drug resistance in BRAF-mutated gliomas

Looking to understand why some brain tumors with a specific mutation can start to reject drugs commonly used to treat them, CU Cancer Center member Jean Mulcahy Levy, MD, led researchers from institutions around the country - including several from the University of Colorado School of Medicine - to study samples of brain tumors before and after being treated with the drug.

16 Sep 2021

Innocent children likely to admit guilt to avoid prosecution, says study

Children who have not committed a crime are likely to be admitting guilt and accepting cautions just to avoid prosecution, a new report warns.

16 Sep 2021

Grants to promote COVID-19 vaccination among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are three times more likely to die from COVID-19 than the general population. Their heightened risk is due to a variety of causes: pre-existing health conditions, such as respiratory problems or obesity; increased likelihood of living in group homes, taking shared transportation, and being exposed to people outside their households; and struggles with safety precautions like mask-wearing or social distancing.

16 Sep 2021

COVID-19 pandemic may have made women think twice about expanding their families, study shows

Nearly half of New York City mothers who had been trying to become pregnant before the coronavirus pandemic began stopped in the first few months of the outbreak, a new study shows.

15 Sep 2021

NYU Langone completes study designs for NIH research initiative on long-term impact of COVID-19

NYU Langone Health, as the Clinical Science Core for the National Institutes of Health's RECOVER initiative, has, since the announcement of the beginning of its operations on June 10, convened more than 100 researchers from 35 institutions as well as patients to finalize the main study protocols for the adult, pediatric, and autopsy patient groups (cohorts).

15 Sep 2021

Study identifies factors associated with COVID-19 disease severity in children

Over the course of the pandemic, researchers nationwide noticed differences in COVID-19 disease between children and adults.

15 Sep 2021

Link identified between early lower respiratory tract infections and development of OSA in children

Several birth cohorts have defined the pivotal role of early lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) in the inception of pediatric respiratory conditions.

15 Sep 2021

Albert Einstein College of Medicine receives $5 million NIH grant for IDD research

Albert Einstein College of Medicine has received a five-year, $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the Rose F. Kennedy Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, which has been at the forefront of research on normal and abnormal brain development for more than 50 years.

15 Sep 2021

Nutrition and exercise program shows promise in young adults with intellectual disabilities

Adhering to a diet and exercise program to manage health can be a challenge for anyone.

15 Sep 2021

Children with CZS-associated microcephaly show severe neurodevelopmental impairments

At age two, children who were born with neurological abnormalities due to congenital Zika Virus (ZIKV) have a range of neurodevelopmental profiles that can be tracked using a routine neurological assessment, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Dr. Albert Ko of Yale University, US and Dr. Federico Costa of The Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, and their colleagues.

15 Sep 2021

Saliva test to screen for leading infectious cause of infant hearing loss was feasible and well-received

A saliva test taken by parents to screen for the leading infectious cause of hearing loss in babies was feasible and well-received, according to a new study.

15 Sep 2021

New recommendations on supporting breastfeeding during maternal or child hospitalization

The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine has released its new recommendations on supporting breastfeeding during maternal or child hospitalization.

15 Sep 2021

Study pinpoints a potential pathway for treating epileptic seizures in patients with autism

Autism affects about 2% of children in the United States, and about 30% of these children have seizures. Recent large-scale genetic studies revealed that genetic variants in a sodium channel, called voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.2, is a leading cause of autism.

15 Sep 2021

Children News and Research

Research receives $1.2 million to give Australian children the best nutritional start in life

Children's exposure to parental assault on a sibling associated with mental health issues

Hydroxyurea therapy can improve or reverse cardiac complications in sickle cell anemia patients

Pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infections usually mild, says study

Single dose of typhoid conjugate vaccine found to be safe and effective in Malawian kids

IL-1-Ra autoantibodies observed in high frequency in children with PIMS/MIS-C

Rockefeller saliva test turns out to be easier and safer to administer than conventional COVID tests

Study looks at drug resistance in BRAF-mutated gliomas

Innocent children likely to admit guilt to avoid prosecution, says study

Grants to promote COVID-19 vaccination among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

COVID-19 pandemic may have made women think twice about expanding their families, study shows

NYU Langone completes study designs for NIH research initiative on long-term impact of COVID-19

Study identifies factors associated with COVID-19 disease severity in children

Link identified between early lower respiratory tract infections and development of OSA in children

Albert Einstein College of Medicine receives $5 million NIH grant for IDD research

Nutrition and exercise program shows promise in young adults with intellectual disabilities

Children with CZS-associated microcephaly show severe neurodevelopmental impairments

Saliva test to screen for leading infectious cause of infant hearing loss was feasible and well-received

New recommendations on supporting breastfeeding during maternal or child hospitalization

Study pinpoints a potential pathway for treating epileptic seizures in patients with autism

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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