Pediatrics News
A Connecticut law expanding state-sponsored insurance coverage to certain children regardless of immigration status has seen explosive demand since it went into effect nearly 14 months ago.
- April 19, 2024Source: Newsday
The new treatment allows children like Yusef to stop taking the blood transfusions that keep the disease at bay
- April 18, 2024Source: Neurology Today
Although there are clear guidelines for initial management of SE, the appropriate direction to take is less straightforward when the condition becomes refractory—that is, when it has failed to respond to two or more medications, said Susan T. Arnold, MD, an adjunct professor of pediatric neurology at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT.
- April 17, 2024Source: NBC News
Newborn babies are at greatest risk from the respiratory infection.
- April 17, 2024Source: Hartford Courant
The number of babies who accidentally die from suffocation because they sleep with their parents or other caregivers remains stubbornly high in Connecticut. A big reason is parents, many of them single caregivers, who need to calm a baby to get a decent night’s sleep because they need to get to work in the morning.
- April 15, 2024Source: News 12 CT
A Yale health expert is raising awareness of measles as cases are reported in New York and New Jersey. Dr. Magna Dias, a professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine says the U.S. typically sees a few cases of measles each year from unvaccinated travelers coming into the country.
- April 12, 2024
On April 5, Yale Pediatricians hosted a POCUS (point-of-care ultrasound) Workshop at Yale's West Campus.
- April 12, 2024
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- April 11, 2024Source: CNN
Drug overdoses are one of the main causes of preventable death among pregnant and postpartum women in the United States. Overdose deaths among this population increased 81% between 2017 and 2020 — resulting in the deaths of more than 1,200 pregnant and postpartum women in 2020. Yet limited resources and stigma prevent pregnant women who struggle with substance use from seeking or accessing care. Those who do seek care and start taking medications to assist their recovery, like Puccio, are often reported to welfare services for child abuse and neglect under legal mandate. But in some hospitals, the response is changing.
- April 10, 2024Source: Beckers Hospital Review
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