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AAP to continue advocacy efforts to support children, …
Dec 10, 2024 · The AAP will continue its advocacy efforts to improve access to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), ensure children receive recommended vaccines and mental health services, and improve Medicaid payment for pediatricians.
Judge blocks health insurance access for DACA recipients in 19 …
Dec 10, 2024 · Sural Shah, M.D., FAAP, chair-elect of the AAP Council on Immigrant Child and Family Health, said in November the expansion was “long overdue.” “The expansion of subsidized ACA marketplace coverage to DACA recipients is transformative for …
Infant dies in Listeria outbreak; ready-to-eat meat, poultry recalled ...
Nov 25, 2024 · AAP provides guidance on diagnosing, treating PANS. 2. More information needed amid paused RSV vaccine for children, FDA committee says. 3. AAP updates recommendations on use of pulse oximetry to screen newborns for critical congenital heart disease. December issue digital edition
AAP updates recommendations on use of pulse oximetry to screen …
Dec 16, 2024 · The AAP has updated newborn critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) screening recommendations to address key developments since screening using pulse oximetry was added to the U.S. Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP) in 2011.
More information needed amid paused RSV vaccine for children, …
Dec 14, 2024 · AAP provides guidance on diagnosing, treating PANS. 2. More information needed amid paused RSV vaccine for children, FDA committee says. 3. Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections increasing among children, CDC data reveal. December issue digital edition
First severe case of bird flu in U.S. confirmed by CDC | AAP News ...
Dec 18, 2024 · The infected patient had been exposed to sick and dead birds in backyard flock, making it the first U.S. case of that origin, according to a CDC news release. No person-to-person spread has been detected.
Federal action backed by AAP will encourage Medicaid to pay for ...
Oct 3, 2024 · Encouraging safe storage of firearms has long been a key AAP initiative. The AAP advises families who own guns to keep them locked and unloaded with ammunition locked separately.
COVID-19 pandemic | AAP News | American Academy of Pediatrics
Oct 23, 2024 · Read about the latest developments in COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics. Plus, AAP guidance to protect children during the pandemic.
CDC: Teens’ mental health worse than a decade ago despite small ...
Aug 6, 2024 · In 2021, the AAP and its partners declared a national emergency in children’s mental health citing the serious toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on top of existing challenges. Less than two months later, the U.S. surgeon general called …