Pediatric Mental Health Care: How to Know If Your Kid Needs Help

When it comes to your kid's mental health, it can be hard to tell when they need help — and what kind. Learn from our pediatric mental health care experts.

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Your Back-to-School Questions Answered: Tips for Families to Ease the Transition for a New School Year

It’s time to head back to school! Our expert shares tips for helping your kids with the transition, encouraging friendships, addressing bullying and more.

Maternal Western Diet Exposure Increases Periportal Fibrosis Beginning in Utero in Nonhuman Primate Offspring

Offspring of obese macaque mothers fed a Western-style diet had increased periportal fibrosis, indicating that fibrogenesis begins in utero and persists

Pandemic Impacts on Liver Transplantation

A study of pediatric liver transplants during the COVID-19 pandemic found declining rates of transplantation likely due to ethical concerns, logistical challenges, fewer waitlist additions and racial and ethnic disparities.

The Importance of Dedicated Colorectal Team Participation in the Management of Spina Bifida and Spinal Cord Injury Patients

In this study, researchers share key lessons learned from a specialized care team’s proactive and systematic approach to bowl management in patients with spina bifida and spinal cord injury.

Pyeloplasty with Ureteral Stent Placement in Children: Do Prophylactic Antibiotics Serve a Purpose?

In this study, researchers explored the need for antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent urinary tract infections after pyeloplasties

Healthcare for Children: Protecting and Expanding Access to Care

Health insurance coverage is vital because it enables children to access the healthcare services they need to grow up healthy and strong. That’s why our Government Affairs team works to ensure health insurance coverage for as many kids as possible. Learn more about Medicaid and other programs that improve child health.

Outcome of Antibody-Mediated Fetal Heart Disease with Standardized Anti-Inflammatory Transplacental Treatment

In this study, in utero fetal treatment with steroids for atrioventricular block, a manifestation of fibrosis due to inflamed fetal heart tissue in fetuses with neonatal lupus erythematosus, improved survival and decreased dilated cardiomyopathy.

Testing Levels of Anti-Ro/SSA Antibodies in Pregnant Patients to Identify Risk of Fetal Atrioventricular Block

Researchers defined anti-Ro/SSA antibody thresholds that can accurately identify pregnancies unlikely to develop fetal atrioventricular block, thereby reducing the need for costly and time-consuming ongoing fetal echo surveillance in pregnant patients.