One in four U.S. children suffers from allergic diseases, and more than 6% of children are diagnosed with asthma, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Three new oral histories on the development of pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine have been published to the AAP Gartner Pediatric History Center collection.

The FDA is considering changes to premarket device testing.

New guidance is provided on umbilical cord management and device selection for administering positive-pressure ventilation.

Sildenafil is indicated to improve exercise ability and pulmonary hemodynamics thought to underly improvements in exercise in patients too young to perform standard exercise testing.

The FDA is calling on clinicians and caregivers to reuse tracheostomy tubes or seek alternatives.

Health care providers should be aware of possible increases in cases of acute flaccid myelitis.

Products may spark discussions among parents, children and pediatricians about healthy sleep.

The Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to the manufacturer of nicotine-flavored gummy products because it does not have authorization to manufacture, sell or distribute the products in the U.S.

Post-COVID conditions in the study were rare but potentially serious.

Authors called for community-wide interventions to address social determinants of health.

Use of PPE and vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 are critical for the safety of health care professionals who provide basic and advanced life support to children with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infection, according to new American Heart Association guidance.

Chronic lung disease in preterm infants remains the most common cause of chronic respiratory disease, affecting approximately 15,000 patients in the U.S. annually.

The new guidance emphasizes the need for personal protective equipment while performing CPR.

Multiple biologic therapies are available for these diseases, all targeting different parts of the atopic inflammatory pathway.

To diagnose the cause of symptoms consistent with exercise-induced bronchospasm, it is important to consider various etiologies such as vocal cord dysfunction, exercise-induced hyperventilation, and cardiac or pulmonary abnormalities.

The Neonatal Resuscitation guideline emphasizes developing skills and practicing positive pressure ventilation. The Pediatric Basic and Advanced Life Support guideline includes changes to the cardiac arrest chain of survival and updated timing for assisted ventilation rate.

Drug therapy addresses the basic cellular defect in cystic fibrosis.

Children may need to be tested for SARS-CoV-2 if they are symptomatic, in close contact with someone who has the virus or are scheduled for elective surgery.

The rate of hospitalization for Hispanic children was eight times higher than White children, and the rate for Black children was five times higher than White children.