VIENNA — Health disparities have lasting effects on children's respiratory health, but action at the community level can make a difference, according to experts in a session on diversity, equity, and ...

Pediatric respiratory testing rates increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, with sustained high levels through 2023. Testing was more frequent in children with complex chronic conditions ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Respiratory infections are the leading causes of hospitalizations, ED visits and mortality in children in the ...

A new evidence-based guideline published in Pediatric Investigation provides unified strategies for managing RSV infections in children under five Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause ...

Despite a relatively slow start to respiratory disease season, low vaccination rates threaten that trend and the rapid rise of some illnesses is already putting children at increased risk. Overall, ...

NEW JERSEY (WABC) -- A recent surge in children's respiratory viruses is starting to fill up pediatric ERs and push the health system toward capacity. An urgent health care crisis has emerged as ...

Waking up to those words is terrifying for any parent. For me as a pediatric emergency physician, it was especially scary coming from my 8-year-old son while on a trip in rural New York, hours from a ...

Air pollution is a major risk factor for respiratory infections in children, with prenatal and postnatal exposure increasing vulnerability. Key pollutants include particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, ...

Parents who need to take a child to the emergency room are facing agonizing waits in many parts of the United States because of a shortage of hospital beds. Hospitals across the country say they are ...