Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert recommending parents and caregivers not to use pillows to shape infants’ heads, as they can create an unsafe sleeping environment for infants and may increase the risk of suffocation and death. According to the FDA, pillows have not has been shown to be safe or …
As a parent and caregiver, you play an important role in making healthy choices for your children and teaching them to make healthy choices for themselves. With so many conflicting messages surrounding nutrition, it can seem like an overwhelming task. Venus Kalami, MNSP, RD, CSP, clinical pediatric dietitian and nutritionist at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, …
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International License. Children and teens who survive a firearm injury have a high rate of developing new mental health diagnoses within a year, even compared to children who were injured in a car accident, according to researches. A total of 35% …
Do we care about children in America? Will the president? This is a question that people across the country should seriously ask themselves. The country has been struggling with a shortage of infant formula for nearly a year. What kind of society allows this to continue in the shadows? How is this not a hot …
Three respiratory illnesses, influenza, RSV and COVID-19, are all circulating in children right now. The so-called triple-demic is straining the capacity of children’s hospitals, and in some areas parents are noticing a shortage of over-the-counter ibuprofen and acetaminophen for children. It is a matter of demand. Children get sick, parents seek relief for them, and …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has sent Heidi Whitney’s daughter into a tailspin. Suddenly, the San Diego middle schooler was sleeping all day and waking up all night. When in-person classes resumed, she was sometimes so anxious that she begged to come home early, telling the nurse she had a stomach ache. Whitney tried to keep her …
Comment this story Comment People looking for over-the-counter medications for their sick children often find shelves sparse or empty as a spike in respiratory illness pushes pediatricians and emergency rooms to their limits. Usual supplies of fever and pain medications, such as liquid acetaminophen and ibuprofen recommended for children with RSV, influenza or coronavirus, have …
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Los Angeles, California – “It looks like this endless, high-volume influx that keeps coming into our emergency department, or phone calls from outside hospitals that also burst into overdrive,” Hui-wen Sato, unit nurse from intensive care unit (ICU) at a Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles, said of a recent increase in RSV cases. RSV, or …
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), COVID-19 and influenza continue to overwhelm healthcare systems in the United States, well before the traditional start of the peak influenza and RSV season. Currently, about three-quarters of hospital beds are already full in the United States, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services. COVID-19 cases have …
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The Primary Children’s Hospital announced on Monday that about 50 pre-scheduled elective surgeries will be delayed so that the hospital can better handle the large influx of patients with RSV and other respiratory illnesses. (Intermountain Health Care) Estimated reading time: 3-4 minutes SALT LAKE CITY — Children’s Primary Hospital announced on Monday that approximately 50 …
