Josue did not speak any English when he first walked into my office. He was with his new foster mother for his initial foster screen: a lively 7-year-old from Puerto Rico, jumping all over the room ...

Joshua Feder, MD, highlights the need for psychiatry to better integrate sensory processing research into care strategies beyond autism. Joshua Feder, MD, executive director of Positive Development ...

Prescriptions for the epinephrine nasal spray are now available for patients aged 4 years and up who weigh 33 to < 66 lbs. On May 7, 2025, ARS Pharmaceuticals announced that epinephrine nasal spray ...

On physical examination, the patient appeared to be in significant respiratory distress. Her oxygen saturation was 96% on high flow nasal cannula. An 18-day-old female presented to the Emergency ...

A review of the clinical potential of PTC Therapeutics' sepiapterin as a novel treatment for phenylketonuria (PKU). Phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare genetic disorder that affects the body’s ability to ...

Each May, National Foster Care Month brings attention to the more than 390,000 children in the US foster care system. 1 Pediatricians are uniquely positioned to address the health disparities these ...

Poll: What's the diagnosis of this linear eruption on the leg of a 9-year-old girl?

Even before the change in national leadership, access to adolescent gender-affirming care was becoming more difficult, with many barriers faced by these at-risk patients. Gender-affirming care (GAC) ...

Poll: What's the diagnosis of this linear eruption on the leg of a 9-year-old girl?

Poll: What's the diagnosis of this linear eruption on the leg of a 9-year-old girl?

Can you diagnose this patient? Take our poll and find out! Then check back for the full case, differential diagnosis, and correct diagnosis. Welcome to this Contemporary Pediatrics poll. Take a look ...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) illness is an extremely common cause of hospitalization in children in the United States and globally. An estimated 90% of children will be infected by 2 years of age ...