In 2021, the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Children’s Hospital Association jointly declared a national emergency in child and adolescent ...

Growing evidence shows the positive influence that fathers have on the development and well-being of their children. Longitudinal data published over the past decade or so support that paternal ...

In this Contemporary Pediatrics® interview, Jamie Alan, RPh, PharmD, PhD, associate professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, talks about the potential impacts ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has pulled its recommendation for routine COVID-19 vaccination among healthy children and pregnant women, according to a social media post by ...

Joshua Fitch is the senior editor for Contemporary Pediatrics. He joined the brand in March of 2023 as an editor before being promoted to senior editor in January 2024. Fitch graduated from Youngstown ...

Lifestyle medicine and mental health management in pediatric primary care promote positive health and holistic well-being. Mental health challenges present differently at each developmental stage.

According to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), “It only takes 1 blistering sunburn during childhood or adolescence to nearly double a person’s risk of developing melanoma, the deadliest form ...

According to a recent news release from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), 1 in 3 females and 1 in 20 males will experience sexual assault or abuse by the age of 17 years. Child Abuse ...

Sexual and gender-diverse youth (SGDY) are at the forefront of a burgeoning mental health crisis, navigating their formative adolescent years in a sociopolitical climate marked by both increased ...

All aspects of health are affected by climate change, from clean air, water, and soil to food systems and livelihoods. 1 Urgent action on the health impact of climate change is crucial to avoid ...

Rebecca Baum, chief, section of Development, Behavior, and Learning at the University of North Carolina, Hillsborough, North Carolina; and Katherine Wu, MD, FAAP, Pediatric Health Care Associates in ...

Benzalkonium chloride Benzalkonium chlorides (BAC) are cationic surfactants commonly used for their broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties in topical sanitizers, nasal sprays, ophthalmic solutions, ...