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Pertussis outbreak strikes hard at infants, teens

Infants have borne the brunt of the worst outbreak of pertussis, or whooping cough, in almost 70 years in California, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. What's behind the outbreak?

COMMUNICATIONS/MEDIA: Violent games and entertainment

To reduce the impact of violent video games and media on child and adolescent behavior, Edward Donnerstein, PhD, said that pediatricians must urge parents to limit children's screen time to 2 hours daily. Discover how big the impact can be

PALLIATIVE CARE: Neuropathic pain underrecognized

Among types of pain associated with advanced or chronic illnesses in children, said Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf, MD, FAAP, pediatric neuropathic pain remains particularly underrecognized and undertreated. How should it be treated?

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What you should know about enterovirus-D68

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As Mary Anne Jackson, MD, Division Director, Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, reports in our exclusive interview, as of October 14th, the CDC had begun utilizing a new, faster lab test for detecting the virus. » More with video.

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