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1 month ago | 
contemporarypediatrics.com | Joshua Fitch
On March 13, 2025, the FDA announced influenza vaccine virus strain recommendations to vaccine manufacturers for the 2025-2026 influenza season in the United States.1In a press release, the federal agency stated it convened a meeting of members from the FDA, CDC, and Department of Defense (DoD) for an in-depth discussion that informed the selected compositions of the influenza vaccines to be used.
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1 month ago | 
contemporarypediatrics.com | Joshua Fitch
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1 month ago | 
contemporarypediatrics.com | Joshua Fitch
The American Heart Association (AHA) has released a new scientific statement that focuses on pediatric patients treated for cancer and cardiovascular toxicity.1 Titled "Cardiovascular Toxicity in Patients Treated for Childhood Cancer: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association" and published in the Association's Circulation journal, the scientific statement recognizes that the field of cardio-oncology has expanded over the last 20 years to highlight issues of cardiovascular...
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1 month ago | 
contemporarypediatrics.com | Joshua Fitch |Muhammad Anees |Bernard Cohen
Welcome to this Contemporary Pediatrics poll. Take a look at the following case below. After reading through the description, choose a multiple choice answer and try to guess the correct patient diagnosis. Then, come back to ContemporaryPediatrics.com on Monday, March 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET or later for the full case presentation, differential diagnoses, and the correct patient diagnosis. This case was provided by Muhammad Aamir Anees and Bernard A. Cohen, MD. Want more puzzler and dermatology cases?
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1 month ago | 
contemporarypediatrics.com | Joshua Fitch |Peter Jensen
Social media use among children and adolescents presents both opportunities and risks, yet guidelines for its safe use remain underdeveloped. In this brief discussion with Contemporary Pediatrics, Peter S. Jensen, MD, highlights the challenges of unmonitored social media access, its potential mental health impacts, and the importance of structured oversight.
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1 month ago | 
contemporarypediatrics.com | Joshua Fitch
On March 19, 2025, Novartis announced positive phase 3 data for investigational onasemnogene abeparvovec (OAV101 IT), which led to improvements of motor function among a broad population of patients aged 2 to younger than 18 years with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).1 According to a press release, OAV101 IT treatment led to a statistically significant 2.39-point improvement on the Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale Expanded (HFMSE)—a SMA-specific assessment of motor ability and disease...
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1 month ago | 
contemporarypediatrics.com | Joshua Fitch
On March 18, 2025, Bavarian Nordic A/S announced the US commercial launch of its recently approved Chikungunya Vaccine, Recombinant (Vimkunya) for use in individuals aged 12 years and older, according to an announcement from the vaccine company.1Bavarian received approval for the virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine on February 14, 2025, making it the first VLP single-dose, pre-filled syringe for chikungunya among the indicated age group.
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1 month ago | 
contemporarypediatrics.com | Joshua Fitch
General pediatric providers and pediatric specialists across multiple areas of medicine have told Contemporary Pediatrics that general providers are taking on more and more responsibilities. Longer wait times for pediatric specialty care, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, are still lingering and contributing to these added responsibilities.1 In addition, 1 in 10 children in the United States do not have a primary care doctor, a trend that is increasing.
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1 month ago | 
contemporarypediatrics.com | Joshua Fitch
Measles cases have continued to increase this week in both Texas and New Mexico, according to each state's respective health department agencies.1,2 As of March 11, 2025, the number of measles cases in Texas has reached 223, all reported since late January. Of these, 29 patients have been hospitalized.
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1 month ago | 
contemporarypediatrics.com | Joshua Fitch
At the 2025 NAPNAP National Conference on Pediatric Health Care in Chicago, Mary Koslap-Petraco, DNP, PPCNP-BC, CPNP, FAANP, chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for Vaccinate Your Family and clinical assistant professor at Stony Brook University, emphasized the critical need to address vaccine hesitancy and ensure children are caught up on immunizations. "We know that there's a lot of children behind related to the pandemic and hesitancy on the parents' side, and we can't fault the parents.
