Addiction
More kids are dying of drug overdoses: Could pediatricians do more to help?
A 17-year-old boy with shaggy blond hair stepped onto the scale at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
Apr 15, 2024
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News tagged with pediatric deaths
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Communities of color across the US suffer a growing burden from polluted air, study suggests
Despite progress toward cleaner air in the US, a new study suggests that communities of color across the nation are shouldering a growing burden of diseases linked to air pollution. A paper published today by researchers ...
Mar 6, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
New pediatric cancer marker: Hope for a treatment target
Researchers have newly identified a universal, essential biomarker for the childhood cancer neuroblastoma—and a potential new target for treatment.
Feb 28, 2024
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Health
Flu activity slows down, but season far from over: CDC
Following weeks of increases in flu activity, the latest U.S. government data shows "a single-week decrease" for the first time in months.
Jan 15, 2024
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Medical research
Research discovers gene that links deafness to inner ear cell death
Researchers have found a gene that links deafness to cell death in the inner ear in humans—creating new opportunities for averting hearing loss.
Jan 8, 2024
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Health informatics
Recurrent injury, death common after acute firearm injury
Recurrent injury and death are common among acutely firearm-injured patients in the United States, according to a study published online Aug. 29 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Aug 31, 2023
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Cardiology
First beating-heart transplants from cardiac death donors
Using an organ from a donor who underwent cardiac death, Stanford Medicine surgeons transplanted a heart while it was beating—the first time such a procedure has been achieved.
Apr 21, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Investigating COVID-19 deaths for children and young people
A new study conducted in England shows that the risk of death due to COVID-19 remains very low for children and young people, and most deaths occur in those with underlying health conditions. Marta Bertran of the U.K. Health ...
Nov 8, 2022
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Vaccination
FDA authorizes 1st COVID-19 shots for infants, preschoolers
U.S. regulators on Friday authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers, paving the way for vaccinations to begin next week.
Jun 17, 2022
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Health
Child access prevention laws spare gun deaths in children
U.S. states with laws regulating the storage of firearms in households with minors had a 13 percent reduction in firearm fatalities in children under 15 compared to states with no such regulations, finds a study from Boston ...
Mar 2, 2020
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