Jessica Cerretani

1 week ago | answers.childrenshospital.org | Jessica Cerretani

Flora Ringler’s fifth birthday didn’t turn out as she had hoped. She and her family were vacationing in New Hampshire last year when she started feeling tired. But she wasn’t just worn out from celebrating: She also developed a bad headache and started throwing up. Concerned, her mom, Maureen, contacted a pediatrician, who thought she might have a virus. A week passed and Flora’s symptoms hadn’t cleared up. Blood tests came back positive for Lyme disease and she started taking antibiotics.

3 weeks ago | answers.childrenshospital.org | Jessica Cerretani

Claire Kantany is only 10, but she knows what she wants to do when she grows up — in fact, she’s already doing it. Combining an interest in acting with her family’s love of football, she has her mind set on a career in sportscasting. Not only is she reporting on local games from the sidelines, but she’s also caught the attention of her idol, NFL sportscaster Erin Andrews. But it wasn’t too long ago that Claire struggled to breathe, especially when she was active.

1 month ago | answers.childrenshospital.org | Jessica Cerretani

Pediatric high-grade gliomas, particularly H3K27M diffuse midline gliomas (DMG), are aggressive malignant brain tumors with a poor prognosis. Previous research suggests that platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRA) appears to play a multifaceted role in the pathogenesis of both adult and pediatric high-grade gliomas.

1 month ago | answers.childrenshospital.org | Jessica Cerretani

When 5-year-old RyennAnne Hurst developed a bad sore throat last summer, her doctor thought she might have strep and prescribed her antibiotics. But two weeks later, she wasn’t feeling any better. In fact, she was lethargic and her head hurt. “She told us it felt like something was smashing into the right side of her head,” remembers her mom, Courtney. She and RyennAnne’s father, Keith, rushed RyennAnne to their local emergency room in New Hampshire.

Jan 22, 2025 | medicalxpress.com | Jessica Cerretani

Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) has long been used as a safe and effective way to evaluate thyroid nodules in adults, usually without sedation. Less is known about the safety and tolerability of FNA in children, although small studies suggest that the approach can be performed without sedation and with minimal complications. Now, a report by the team in Boston Children's Thyroid Center bolsters those findings.