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

Elevidys, given to patients as a single dose, is approved for use in children ages 4 through 5 years with a confirmed mutation in the DMD gene.

Nursing mothers may encounter two opposing camps on ankyloglossia, offering extreme solutions that delay appropriate care.

About 13.3 of every 10,000 infants born to black mothers died from birth defects in 2017 compared to 9.9 infants born to white mothers.

Pediatricians are important messengers about sources of birth defects, from genetics and the environment to medication use, infectious diseases and lifestyle factors.

Estimates suggest the prevalence of FASD in school-age children is 24-48 per 1,000 children.

About one in seven children exposed to Zika virus in utero has birth defects or other health issues.

Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) comprise the most common causes of pediatric end-stage kidney disease.

Oil and coal plants emit a variety of air pollutants and increasingly are shuttering as the country turns to alternative sources of power.

Infants born to mothers who become infected with T. gondii just prior to or during pregnancy are at risk of severe toxoplasmosis.

Among 426 women in Africa who were taking antiretroviral medicine dolutegravir when they conceived, four infants were born with these defects

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Birth defects strongly related to Zika include brain abnormalities, microcephaly, eye abnormalities and other central nervous system dysfunction.

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The new chapter provides information on Zika’s clinical manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, control measures, diagnostic tests and management of exposed infants.

The CDC has released new recommendations that will likely reduce the number of pregnant women routinely tested.

Birth defects were possible regardless of which trimester the woman was infected, and rates were consistent with earlier findings from U.S. states.

No matter where in the country pediatricians practice, they may come across an infant who contracted Zika virus from his or her mother.

The CDC found 6% of infants with an infected mother developed birth defects compared to 0.3% of those whose mothers were not infected.

Health care providers should “inform their patients that presumptive positive results need to be confirmed, so that pregnant women are not making health care decisions based on incomplete information,” the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in a safety alert .