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Survey: Many Black parents express COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy for their children

Nearly half of Black parents (48 percent) were hesitant about the COVID-19 vaccine for their child, compared to 33 percent of Latinx parents and 26 percent of white parents, according to survey results from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

24 Sep 2021

Hopkins Medicine selected to explore the impacts of COVID-19 vaccination on menstruation

Johns Hopkins Medicine's Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics is one of five institutions selected by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct research to explore the potential impacts of COVID-19 vaccination on menstruation.

24 Sep 2021

Insulin resistance linked to an increased risk of major depressive disorder

Stanford Medicine scientists have linked insulin resistance to an increased risk of developing major depressive disorder.

23 Sep 2021

New discovery may offer a promising avenue for study of multiple sclerosis

A surprising discovery may offer a promising new direction in the study of multiple sclerosis and other diseases of hypomyelination – when axons of neurons are not covered sufficiently in fatty sheaths (myelin), which disrupts communication between nerve cells.

23 Sep 2021

McLean wins NIH grant to explore links between COVID-19 vaccine and menstrual cycle changes

In research that will add important data to the experience of vaccines on women's health, Laura Payne, PhD, director of McLean Hospital's Clinical and Translational Pain Research Laboratory, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to explore potential links between SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and menstrual cycle changes.

23 Sep 2021

Consumption of common antibiotic during pregnancy can reduce low birth weight and premature births

A common antibiotic has been found to reduce low birth weight and premature births, if taken during pregnancy, in countries where malaria is endemic, according to a research review.

22 Sep 2021

Clinical trial to test new automatic oxygen control device for premature babies

The consequences are dire for the health of a premature baby - too much oxygen can cause blindness, and too little oxygen can cause brain damage and other negative health effects.

21 Sep 2021

Pre-emptive intervention during infancy reduces the likelihood of autism diagnosis

A parent-led therapy that supports the social development of babies displaying early signs of autism has significantly reduced the likelihood of an autism diagnosis being madein early childhood, according to world-first research led by CliniKids atthe Telethon Kids Institute.

21 Sep 2021

COVID-19 vaccine-related allergies are rare, typically mild and treatable, finds study

Allergic reactions to the new mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are rare, typically mild and treatable, and they should not deter people from becoming vaccinated, according to research from the Stanford University School of Medicine.

20 Sep 2021

Infants of women exposed to intimate partner violence have neurodevelopmental lags

While assessing a pregnant woman with premature labor in 1983, Linda Bullock noticed bruises on the woman. When she asked what happened, the woman told Bullock a refrigerator had fallen on her while cleaning the kitchen.

18 Sep 2021

Scientists examine kids’ unique immune systems as more fall victim to covid

Eighteen months into the covid-19 pandemic, with the delta variant fueling a massive resurgence of disease, many hospitals are hitting a heartbreaking new low. They're now losing babies to the coronavirus.

17 Sep 2021

New NIH-funded research to solve the male infertility and spermatogenesis puzzle

Male infertility is on the rise, with significant declines in sperm quantity and quality occurring across the human population worldwide in the past two decades.

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

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

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

Severe COVID-19 linked to increase in autoantibodies

Hospitalized COVID-19 patients are substantially more likely to harbor autoantibodies - antibodies directed at their own tissues or at substances their immune cells secrete into the blood - than people without COVID-19, according to a new study.

14 Sep 2021

Family's socio-economic status may influence children's composition of gut microbiome

Findings of a nationwide study led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute, an affiliate of City of Hope, suggest that a family's socio-economic status may influence children's composition of gut microbiome - the mix of microscopic organisms within the digestive tract.

14 Sep 2021

Guidelines: Summer camp returns to normal during COVID-19

A new report describes measures to ensure that youth activities can continue safely, based on sound epidemiological and infectious disease guidelines.

13 Sep 2021

Rutgers study examines link between COVID-19 and memory loss, dementia

A new Rutgers study will examine how COVID-19 is affecting individuals in a number of cognitive-related areas, including memory loss, "brain fog," and dementia.

13 Sep 2021

Active management strategy helps women with early, nonviable pregnancies of unknown location

Women with early, nonviable pregnancies of unknown location who were given an active management strategy had more successful pregnancy resolutions than those given an expectant management strategy, according to a recent clinical trial published in JAMA.

13 Sep 2021

Child Health News and Research

Survey: Many Black parents express COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy for their children

Hopkins Medicine selected to explore the impacts of COVID-19 vaccination on menstruation

Insulin resistance linked to an increased risk of major depressive disorder

New discovery may offer a promising avenue for study of multiple sclerosis

McLean wins NIH grant to explore links between COVID-19 vaccine and menstrual cycle changes

Consumption of common antibiotic during pregnancy can reduce low birth weight and premature births

Clinical trial to test new automatic oxygen control device for premature babies

Pre-emptive intervention during infancy reduces the likelihood of autism diagnosis

COVID-19 vaccine-related allergies are rare, typically mild and treatable, finds study

Infants of women exposed to intimate partner violence have neurodevelopmental lags

Scientists examine kids’ unique immune systems as more fall victim to covid

New NIH-funded research to solve the male infertility and spermatogenesis puzzle

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

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

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

Severe COVID-19 linked to increase in autoantibodies

Family's socio-economic status may influence children's composition of gut microbiome

Guidelines: Summer camp returns to normal during COVID-19

Rutgers study examines link between COVID-19 and memory loss, dementia

Active management strategy helps women with early, nonviable pregnancies of unknown location

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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