Mental health, equity, payment and pediatrician well-being are among the AAP’s priorities.

Policy process changes aim to reduce time to publication, consider health equity implications, increase guidance to authors, shorten the length of policies and add transparency.

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The innovative program, which fosters an all-learn, all-teach approach to education, is marking milestones and setting a course for program expansion.

Voting members also chose resolutions related to firearms injury prevention, graduate medical education curriculum changes, preventive care, mental health, and to support equity, diversity and inclusion for children and members.

The Academy is stressing the safety and importance of COVID-19 vaccine, encouraging pediatricians to enroll as vaccinators and advocating for quick and equitable distribution.

Recent efforts include equipping members and staff with the knowledge and skills to address equity, diversity and inclusion, with an emphasis on addressing anti-Black racism.

The AAP also will continue supporting members’ health and well-being and building the Child Health Improvement through Longitudinal Data registry.

AAP News caught up with pediatricians across the country who shared stories early in the pandemic of how they were innovating, adapting and digging deep to care for their patients, communities and colleagues.

Distribution is expected to begin Monday on Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for people ages 16 and older.

Expansion of the five-year Strategic Plan and revisions to campaign rules and election calendar also were adopted during the Board of Directors meeting.

While coverage with many recommended vaccines has remained high, disparities by health insurance and poverty status persist, according to the 2019 National Immunization Survey-Child.

The COVID-19 pandemic, racism and the mental health crisis are among issues the Academy has confronted.

From the U.S. House of Representatives to a house in suburban Chicago, pediatricians around the country have risen to the challenges posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

From the U.S. House of Representatives to a house in suburban Chicago, pediatricians around the country have risen to the challenges posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Hospitals, businesses, schools should develop plans based on the extent of local transmission.

The Academy also has formed an alliance with the Melissa & Doug toy company and continues to explore options for a data registry.

AAP President Kyle E. Yasuda, M.D., FAAP highlighted the inroads the Academy has made on protecting immigrant children, combating vaccine misinformation, addressing gun violence, and more.

The final report includes recommendations to incorporate bias and discrimination into CME and MOC activities; to approach policy development using a health equity lens; and to educate families on how to identify, manage and prevent the negative physical and emotional outcomes.

Some parents have relied on inclined sleepers to help alleviate spitting up, or gastroesophageal reflux, butpediatricians do not recommend placing them in such a position and the devices recent were recalled due to infant deaths.