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 ...

Results at 24 weeks revealed that 76% of individuals achieved a 75% or more improvement in overall disease severity (EASI-75), trial's primary endpoint. Among a study population of adults and ...

Read the full case presentation of a 21-month-old with a history of "skin tags" involving her gluteal cleft,noted at birth. Can you diagnose this patient? Take our poll and find out! Then check back ...

Allergies can significantly impair daily activities, school performance, and psychological well-being.

For most teenagers, a psychosocial history is at least as important as the physical exam. This essential psychosocial history can be obtained using the HEEADSSS method of interviewing adolescents. The ...

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 ...

Evidence suggests some pharmaceutical excipients in medications may have adverse effects on pediatric patients. Here’s what you should know. Ultimately, there is a paucity of safety data for several ...

Despite the growing involvement of fathers in their children’s lives, there persists a lack of focus on fathers in pediatric care. Updated guidelines can help pediatricians to better engage fathers in ...

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 ...

RFK Jr. stated he "couldn't be more pleased" to announce that COVID-19 vaccination among healthy children and pregnant women has been removed from CDC's immunization schedule. "I couldn't be more ...

Alok Patel, MD, shares what pediatric health care providers should know about a concerning new strain of group A streptococcus. Alok Patel, MD, is a pediatric hospitalist and clinical assistant ...