Pediatrics

Doctors concerned more people using cannabis during pregnancy
A study found the rate of ER and hospital visits related to cannabis use during pregnancy increased to 20 per 100,000 pregnancies, up from 11 per 100,000 since legalization.
U.S. FDA advisers back RSV vaccine for pregnant women that protects their newborns
RSV fills hospitals with wheezing babies each fall and winter, and the virus struck earlier than usual and especially hard in the U.S. this past year.

Mother to baby HIV transmission shouldn’t be happening in Canada: researchers

Researchers combed through an HIV surveillance database and found 33 babies born in Canada between 2012 and 2021 were infected during pregnancy or delivery.
Health Canada approves new antibody drug to help prevent serious RSV in babies

Nirsevimab, also known by its brand name Beyfortus, was authorized on April 19. It was developed by AstraZeneca and Sanofi.
Canadian Paediatric Society releases position statement on gene-based drug therapy

It's the first comprehensive guidance on using pharmacogenomics in children
Novel treatment shows promise against rare cancer in kids

Nine of 27 children in the Italian study had no sign of cancer six weeks after the treatment, although two later relapsed and died.
Canada first to develop medical standards to keep kids from suffering pain in silence

It's the first national standard in the world focused on pediatric pain.
New guidance on using Vaxneuvance (15-valent) pneumococcal vaccine in children

National Advisory Committee on Immunization issues interim guidance on the use of Vaxneuvance in children and its interchangeability with Prevnar 13.
NAPRA seeks comments on drug schedule change for pediatric loratadine products

National Drug Scheduling Advisory Committee issues interim recommendations on drug schedule status change for loratadine products used in children two to 11 years of age.
'It’s not the right stuff': Turkish-made pain syrup for kids reaches Alberta pharmacies

Community supply to be much more consistent but is patient confusion a concern?

Doctors concerned more people using cannabis during pregnancy

U.S. FDA advisers back RSV vaccine for pregnant women that protects their newborns

Mother to baby HIV transmission shouldn’t be happening in Canada: researchers

Health Canada approves new antibody drug to help prevent serious RSV in babies

Canadian Paediatric Society releases position statement on gene-based drug therapy

Novel treatment shows promise against rare cancer in kids

Canada first to develop medical standards to keep kids from suffering pain in silence

New guidance on using Vaxneuvance (15-valent) pneumococcal vaccine in children

NAPRA seeks comments on drug schedule change for pediatric loratadine products

'It’s not the right stuff': Turkish-made pain syrup for kids reaches Alberta pharmacies