Younger Kids ‘Should’ Get COVID Booster, Says CDC Panel
Similar to their older peers, children ages 5 to 11 should get a third dose of Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty), the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) said on Thursday. In an 11-1 vote, with one abstention, the committee agreed that children ages 5 to 11 should receive an additional dose of the mRNA […]
Do Pediatric Electrophysiologists Have It Harder?
SAN FRANCISCO — Unlike their peers who treat adults, pediatric electrophysiologists face unique challenges of ethics and communication when working with children and their families. Clinical decision-making can be hampered by a scientific literature that is currently modest at best and evolving, and by potential disagreement between parent and adolescent about putting in an implantable […]
Transgender Women Dying Faster Than General Population
Transgender people faced a much higher mortality rate than cisgender peers, according to a new Dutch study. In a retrospective, observational study spanning from 1972 to 2018, a total of 10.8% (317 of 2,927) of transgender women using hormonal therapy included in the analysis died during follow-up. This number was starkly higher than the number […]
Suicidality in Black Youth; Win for Schizo Agent; COVID Leaves Teens Hopeless
Compared with white peers, Black youth under the age of 13 have double the rate of suicide. On top of that, the rate of Black youth who contemplated suicide rose in the past decade from 12.95% to 16.89%. “Applying the white-centric lens that has driven existing suicide research is not sufficient to solving the increasing […]