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Antibiotics Tied to Lower Effectiveness of Childhood Vaccines
Use of the drugs in children under the age of two was associated with lower antibody levels after the jabs—perhaps, researchers suggest, due to microbiome alterations.
Antibiotics Tied to Lower Effectiveness of Childhood Vaccines
Antibiotics Tied to Lower Effectiveness of Childhood Vaccines

Use of the drugs in children under the age of two was associated with lower antibody levels after the jabs—perhaps, researchers suggest, due to microbiome alterations.

Use of the drugs in children under the age of two was associated with lower antibody levels after the jabs—perhaps, researchers suggest, due to microbiome alterations.

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Mysterious Hepatitis Cases Reported in Young Children
Natalia Mesa, PhD | Apr 18, 2022 | 3 min read
Officials have ruled out known hepatitis viruses as the cause of a rash of illnesses in Europe and the US.
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Cancer Researcher Donald Pinkel Dies at Age 95
Natalia Mesa, PhD | Mar 18, 2022 | 3 min read
Unsatisfied by how treatments for childhood leukemia failed to prevent the disease’s return, Pinkel combined them all—and virtually cured the disease.
More Evidence that Enterovirus May Cause Kids’ Paralyzing Disease
Catherine Offord | Oct 22, 2019 | 2 min read
Children with acute flaccid myelitis are more likely to have antibodies against the viral family in their spinal fluid than are children without the illness.
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Mysterious Illness Linked to Lychees Kills Children in India
Chia-Yi Hou | Aug 27, 2019 | 2 min read
Malnourished kids who eat the fruit containing a naturally occurring toxin suffer from low blood sugar and symptoms of encephalopathy.
Enterovirus Might Be Behind Kids’ Paralysis: Preprint
Catherine Offord | Jun 17, 2019 | 2 min read
Researchers identify a possible driver of acute flaccid myelitis, a polio-like disease diagnosed in more than 500 children over the last few years.
A Devastating Diagnosis, a Viral Video, and a Clinical Trial
Diana Kwon | May 1, 2018 | 5 min read
When the O’Neills learned that their daughter had Sanfilippo syndrome, a devastating rare disease, they created a GoFundMe campaign that raised $2 million in less than a year.
Birth Defects Linked to Increased Risk of Childhood Cancer
Jim Daley | Apr 15, 2018 | 2 min read
Certain non-chromosomal defects are strongly associated with specific childhood cancers.
Genetic Screens Provide Clues About Prognosis, Risk of Second Cancer
Shawna Williams | Apr 1, 2018 | 5 min read
Mutations in the TP53 gene appear to influence the prognosis and likelihood of future cancers in pediatric leukemia patients.
Researchers Publish First Pan-Cancer Genomic Analyses in Pediatric Patients
Catherine Offord | Feb 28, 2018 | 2 min read
Two large-scale studies reveal new insights into the genomic characteristics of childhood cancers.
Genetic Resilience
Tanya Lewis | Apr 11, 2016 | 3 min read
An analysis of the genomes of nearly 600,000 healthy individuals reveals a handful of people who appear resistant to certain genetic disorders.
Measles Vax’s Off-Target Effects
Jef Akst | May 11, 2015 | 1 min read
Researchers find evidence that measles vaccines reduced deaths from other infectious diseases due to “immune amnesia.”
Antibiotics Linked to Childhood Obesity
Jef Akst | Oct 1, 2014 | 2 min read
Taking multiple courses of common antibiotics before the age of 2 may increase a child’s risk of obesity.
The Youngest Victims
Rina Shaikh-Lesko | May 1, 2014 | 4 min read
Linking single-gene defects to inflammatory bowel disease in young children may help all sufferers of the illness.
Croatia Extends Vaccine Mandate
Jef Akst | Mar 27, 2014 | 1 min read
A constitutional court upholds the requirement that Croatian children be vaccinated for hepatitis, measles, pertussis (whooping cough), diphtheria, and more.
Pioneering Neurologist Dies
Chris Palmer | Aug 27, 2013 | 2 min read
Neuroscientist and pediatric neurologist Peter Huttenlocher, who discovered that synapse growth peaks in early childhood, has passed away at age 82.
Playing for Words
Edyta Zielinska | Feb 28, 2013 | 3 min read
Children with dyslexia have an easier time learning to read after playing action video games that don’t incorporate reading.
The Danger of Vaccine Exemptions
Edyta Zielinska | Aug 30, 2012 | 1 min read
Are states with less rigorous rules about which children can claim an exception from vaccination in kindergarten putting communities at higher risk of childhood disease?
What it Takes to Develop Better Drugs for Kids
J. Steven Leeder | Mar 1, 2012 | 4 min read
Over the past 15 years, new laws and regulations in the United States and the European Union have expanded to require the inclusion of pediatric patients in clinical drug trials.  
How Drugs Interact with a Baby’s Parts
Edyta Zielinska | Mar 1, 2012 | 1 min read
A lot changes in a child’s body over the course of development, and not all changes occur linearly: gene expression can fluctuate, and organs can perform different functions on the way to their final purpose in the body. Here are some of the key deve
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