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School Shootings in the United States: 1997–2022
Luke J. Rapa, PhD; Antonis Katsiyannis, EdD; Samantha N. Scott; Olivia Durham
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2023-064311 | April 2024
Commentary: 10.1542/peds.10.1542/peds.2023-065281
Blog: Trends in School Shootings Over the Past 25 Years
Antidepressant Dispensing to US Adolescents and Young Adults: 2016–2022
Kao-Ping Chua, MD, PhD; Anna Volerman, MD; Jason Zhang, BS; Joanna Hua, BS; Rena M. Conti, PhD
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2023-064245 | March 2024
Commentary: 10.1542/peds.10.1542/peds.2023-064677
Blog: Trends in Antidepressant Prescriptions for Adolescents and Young Adults Around the COVID-19 Pandemic
Vaccine Effectiveness Against Long COVID in Children
Hanieh Razzaghi, PhD, MPH; Christopher B. Forrest, MD, PhD; Kathryn Hirabayashi, MPH; Qiong Wu, PhD; Andrea J. Allen, MS; Suchitra Rao, MBBS, MSCS; Yong Chen, PhD; H. Timothy Bunnell, PhD; Elizabeth A. Chrischilles, PhD; Lindsay G. Cowell, PhD, MS; Mollie R. Cummins, PhD, RN; David A. Hanauer, MD, MS; Miranda Higginbotham, MSHA; Benjamin D. Horne, PhD, MStat, MPH; Carol R. Horowitz, MD, MPH; Ravi Jhaveri, MD; Susan Kim, MD, MMSc; Aaron Mishkin, MD; Jennifer A. Muszynski, MD, MPH; Susanna Naggie, MD, MHS; Nathan M. Pajor, MD, MS; Anuradha Paranjape, MD, MPH; Hayden T. Schwenk, MD, MPH; Marion R. Sills, MD, MPH; Yacob G. Tedla, PhD; David A. Williams, PhD; L. Charles Bailey, MD, PhD; RECOVER CONSORTIUM
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2023-064446 | April 2024
Blog: Longing for a World Without COVID: Can Vaccines Help Protect Against Long COVID, Too?
Characteristics of Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths on Shared and Nonshared Sleep Surfaces
Alexa B. Erck Lambert, MPH; Carrie K. Shapiro-Mendoza, PhD, MPH; Sharyn E. Parks, PhD, MPH; Carri Cottengim, MA; Meghan Faulkner, MA; Fern R. Hauck, MD, MS, FAAFP
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2023-061984 | March 2024
Blog: Targeting Prevention Messaging for Reducing Sudden Infant Deaths
Short Oral Antibiotic Therapy for Pediatric Febrile Urinary Tract Infections: A Randomized Trial
Giovanni Montini, MD; Antimo Tessitore, MD; Karen Console, MD; Luca Ronfani, MD; Egidio Barbi, MD; Marco Pennesi, MD; STOP Trial Group
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2023-062598 | January 2024
Commentary: 10.1542/peds.10.1542/peds.2023-063979
Blog: Five Versus Ten Days of Antibiotic Treatment for Urinary Tract Infections in Children
Universal Free School Meals Policy and Childhood Obesity
Anna M. Localio, MPH; Melissa A. Knox, PhD; Anirban Basu, PhD, MS; Tom Lindman, MPP; Lina Pinero Walkinshaw, MPH; Jessica C. Jones-Smith, PhD, MPH, RD
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2023-063749 | April 2024
Blog: Free School Meals—A Strategy to Reduce Trends in Pediatric Obesity?
Outcome of BMI2+: Motivational Interviewing to Reduce BMI Through Primary Care AAP PROS Practices
Ken Resnicow, PhD; Emerson Delacroix, LLP, MACP; Kendrin R. Sonneville, ScD, RD; Shannon Considine, MSW, MPH; Robert W. Grundmeier, MD; Di Shu, PhD; Jennifer A. Faerber, PhD; Alexander G. Fiks, MD, MSCE; Jennifer Steffes, MSW; Donna Harris, MA; Heide Woo, MD; Tim Proctor, BS; Margaret E. Wright, PhD; Laura P. Shone, DrPH, MSW; Sarah E. Barlow, MD, MPH; Richard C. Wasserman, MD, MPH; Robert Siegel, MD; Melissa S. Stockwell, MD, MPH
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2023-062462 | February 2024
Commentary: 10.1542/peds.10.1542/peds.2023-064453
Blog: Motivational Interviewing to Reduce BMI: A Randomized Controlled Trial with Some Surprising Results
Trajectories of Housing Insecurity From Infancy to Adolescence and Adolescent Health Outcomes
Kristyn A. Pierce, MPH; Alan Mendelsohn, MD; Brandon Smith, MD, MPH; Sara B. Johnson, PhD, MPH; Carol Duh-Leong, MD, MPP
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2023-064551 | February 2024
Blog: Brick by Brick: Housing Insecurity and Its Effect on Adolescent Health
Time to Clinical Stability in Children With Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Madeline R. Field, MD; Lilliam Ambroggio, PhD, MPH; Douglas Lorenz, PhD; Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE; Richard M. Ruddy, MD; Todd A. Florin, MD, MSCE
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2023-063480 | May 2024
Management of Pustules and Vesicles in Afebrile Infants ≤60 Days Evaluated by Dermatology
Sonora Yun, BA; Colleen Cotton, MD; Esteban Fernandez Faith, MD; Linsey Jacobs, MD; Nicole Kittler, MD; Reesa L. Monir, MD; Manisha Ravi, MD, MBA; Alexandra Richmond, MD, MSCR; Jennifer Schoch, MD; Eleanor Workman, MD; Jason Zucker, MD; Raegan Hunt, MD, PhD; Christine T. Lauren, MD, MHA
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2023-064364 | January 2024
