JAMA Pediatrics

💬 Viewpoint: Medicaid work requirements may worsen health outcomes for emerging adults with chronic conditions by increasing the risk of insurance loss during a life stage already marked by unstable employment, care transitions, and lapses in coverage. ja.ma/3UzPSTV

📊 Established #Smoking among US youth declined from 2014 to 2024, but #ECigarette use was higher in adolescents aged 15 to 17 years and rose again among female adolescents after 2021. ja.ma/4zENKZW

Among pediatric patients without structural heart disease, continuous 7-day #Electrocardiogram monitoring detected more major #Arrhythmia events than 24-hour Holter monitoring or 7-day event recording and was more often associated with management changes. ja.ma/3TP2t5w

📈 In adolescents with prolonged #Concussion recovery, a remotely delivered #AerobicExercise program improved recovery speed, symptoms, and health-related quality of life at 3 months vs stretching, with benefit limited to those within 3 months from injury. ja.ma/4sbho6F

Among youth presenting for #GenderAffirmingCare, nonbinary children and adolescents reported high gender dysphoria, with slightly lower body dissatisfaction and lower desire for some medical or surgical affirmation. ja.ma/4joAfc2

In US natality data, #BirthWeight was often recorded as a multiple of 10 g, and this rounding was more common for Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black births than for non-Hispanic White births. ja.ma/47DyEbr

Among US adolescents, having at least 1 trusted person was associated with lower risk of depression, suicide ideation, and suicide plan, while #LGBQ+ youths were more likely to report having nobody to turn to. ja.ma/4hSUgF4

Meta-analysis: In youth, device-measured #PhysicalActivity was associated with lower later insulin, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglyceride levels, but not with body mass index. ja.ma/4jf3yxE

Among US parents, awareness of #TrumpAccounts, also referred to as 530A accounts, was lower among those with lower household income, fewer assets, and other markers of lower socioeconomic advantage. ja.ma/4hTp0Gj

Among adolescents eligible for #BariatricSurgery, #GLP1 receptor agonist prescribing rose sharply from 2017 to 2025, while surgery declined after 2022 and more than 9 in 10 eligible adolescents received neither treatment by late 2025. ja.ma/4B5XApt

💬 Viewpoint: Youth #Micromobility injuries are rising, and current state and local laws on age, helmet use, speed, and place of riding vary widely and are rarely enforced. ja.ma/4rTCNRy

Among adolescents eligible for #BariatricSurgery, #GLP1 receptor agonist prescribing rose sharply from 2017 to 2025, while surgery declined after 2022 and more than 9 in 10 eligible adolescents received neither treatment by late 2025. ja.ma/476auWF

Presented today at #ISPAH2026: Meta-analysis: In youth, device-measured #PhysicalActivity was associated with lower later insulin, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglyceride levels, but not with body mass index. ja.ma/4hJo4Eh

Among US parents, awareness of #TrumpAccounts, also referred to as 530A accounts, was lower among those with lower household income, fewer assets, and other markers of lower socioeconomic advantage. ja.ma/4ASCwlZ

In pediatric #Sepsis screening, the Epic early detection alert identified only 36% of children who met Phoenix Sepsis Score criteria and identified 30% before sepsis onset. ja.ma/4hIJlhs

💬 Viewpoint: Youth #Micromobility injuries are rising, and current state and local laws on age, helmet use, speed, and place of riding vary widely and are rarely enforced. ja.ma/4ASjM6e

💬 Editorial: #Cytomegalovirus was the dominant TORCH infection associated with later neurodevelopmental outcomes in the related study, indicating its relevance for maternal infection prevention, vaccine development, and #PublicHealth policy. ja.ma/3Vqf6Ei

📊 Congenital #TORCH infections were associated with increased risks of intellectual disability and #Autism in a nationwide cohort study, supporting prevention of specific vertically transmitted infections as a public health priority. ja.ma/4ySloew

Maternal #RSVpreF vaccination during pregnancy was associated with substantial protection against #RSV hospitalization in infants 6 months of age or younger, and showed similar effectiveness across vaccination timing and coadministration groups. ja.ma/4iijKxs

Hospitals that maintained pediatric #InpatientServices and high #PediatricReadiness had lower mortality among children receiving emergency care, with implications for US hospital policy and pediatric survival. ja.ma/4qkyPkh

💬 Viewpoint: In #Bayesian trials, the choice of prior information and careful interpretation of treatment benefit probabilities are central to valid conclusions, especially in adaptive and pediatric studies. ja.ma/45tlFYL

📱 Extensive parental #Smartphone use and children’s ownership of digital devices were associated with slower growth in children's receptive vocabulary from ages 5 to 7 years, highlighting the role of family #ScreenUse in #LanguageDevelopment. ja.ma/4wqQUOV

💬 Editorial: The Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion supported improved survival, care quality, and reduced uninsurance among adolescents and young adults with kidney failure. ja.ma/45N8i5T

💬 Viewpoint: In pediatric traumatic brain injury, rapid #MRI rather than repeat #CT for surveillance imaging may reduce radiation exposure while still assessing evolving intracranial hemorrhage in stable patients. ja.ma/3RCEZzt

Meta-analysis indicates that well-appearing febrile infants aged 60 to 90 days have a 1.1% prevalence of any invasive bacterial infection, with bacterial meningitis being rare. ja.ma/4hW5ydl

In children hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed #influenza, oseltamivir treatment was associated with improved outcomes, supporting current recommendations to treat hospitalized pediatric patients as early as possible. ja.ma/3TNCNFR

Among infants in France, nirsevimab was associated with lower rates of hospitalization for #RSV-related lower respiratory tract infection during the first year across 2 consecutive seasons. ja.ma/4wjL69P

Adolescents with #Autism performed fewer daily living skills independently than peers, with early expressive language, fine motor skills, and attention problems predicting variation in skill acquisition. ja.ma/4xt3oXs

Meta-analysis: In #Transgender and gender-diverse adolescents, gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist treatment was associated with lower lumbar spine z scores, followed by bone mineral density increases after gender-affirming hormone therapy. ja.ma/4waJKhT

In severe #RetinopathyOfPrematurity, #Dexamethasone eye drops showed no clinically significant differences in adverse events vs placebo and may offer a noninvasive alternative to reduce invasive treatment. ja.ma/4waJsrj

Universal and at-risk glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency screening identified more newborn cases than usual care, including under New York’s Brody James Bill. ja.ma/4z3BR0j

During the 2024-2025 RSV season in France, dual immunization with maternal RSVpreF vaccine and nirsevimab was associated with <1% RSV-associated lower respiratory tract infection hospitalization in infants, including those at high risk. ja.ma/4hUasaO

Universal and at-risk glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency screening identified more newborn cases than usual care, including under New York’s Brody James Bill. ja.ma/4w4E5JY

Newborn #RaceAndEthnicity data were missing in about 15% of inpatient phototherapy encounters, with hospital-level missingness ranging from 0% to 80%. ja.ma/4w4cAQY

Among male children in a US prospective cohort, neonatal male circumcision was not associated with #AutismSpectrumDisorder diagnosis after adjustment for confounders. ja.ma/4w4DTdI

Autistic adolescents meeting profound #Autism criteria had more unmet needs and caregivers more often anticipated a need for supervised housing, indicating gaps in service planning for long-term care. ja.ma/4pQPBaB

From @JAMA.com: Among term infants born #SmallForGestationalAge, an integrated intervention improved weight and weight-for-age z score at 12 months vs usual care and was associated with less underweight, stunting, wasting, and anemia. ja.ma/44Tw0gd

Among nearly 200 000 violent deaths and suicides captured from 2019 to 2023, children were documented as present for or witnessing the fatal event in more than 19 000 cases. ja.ma/4wwQCqU

Cannabis use during #pregnancy has more than doubled in the past 2 decades. New evidence suggests #cannabis use during pregnancy is associated with serious #risks. #births 📖 Read the full article for all the details: ja.ma/4fUf7YU

Nonreceipt of intramuscular #VitaminK at birth has increased in Sweden, with affected infants facing over twice the risk of #intracranial bleeding during infancy vs those who receive it. ja.ma/4eZONfN

A brief, online #therapist-supported #trauma-focused program reduced posttraumatic stress symptoms at 10 weeks and 6 months compared with usual care in children #hospitalized after physical injury. ja.ma/4aNV8Zf

US #children are now almost twice as likely to die as those in other high-income countries, with rising rates of chronic conditions, #obesity, and #mentalhealth concerns driving a sustained decline in overall health. 📖Read the full article: ja.ma/4w02GjO

Less than half of transition-age youth with suicidal thoughts and behaviors received mental health treatment, with Asian, Black, and Latine youth experiencing treatment rates 14 to 21 percentage points below White peers. ja.ma/4uQPBs1

Rates of mental health emergency department visits among youth in Kansas and Missouri were 1.74 times higher in zip codes with very low Child Opportunity Index scores compared to those with very high scores. ja.ma/3Qh92Mp

📣 New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in @jamapediatrics.com! 📱Adolescents spent an average of 50 minutes using a smartphone during school nights 🔗 Read here: tinyurl.com/sep3rnw4

Yet another piece of research we can add to the evidence base showing that cash assistance not only reduces poverty but ALSO improves child welfare. Read more about @jamapediatrics.com’s new study on Rx Kids ⬇️ poverty.umich.edu/2026/05/08/n...

Nearly 1 in 5 adolescents and young adults have used #AI chatbots for advice or help when they felt upset, nervous or anxious. @jamapediatrics.com www.cnn.com/2026/06/11/h...

💬 Editorial: Meta-analysis findings confirm very low risk of bacterial meningitis and bacteremia in febrile #infants aged 60 to 90 days, supporting less invasive evaluation and shared decision-making for laboratory procedures. ja.ma/3QZz6vE

Intensive lifestyle treatment or combination therapy with counseling and medication are associated with substantial BMI and waist circumference reductions in pediatric #Obesity. ja.ma/43MChd8

Among US families, 78% of parents and 69% of children used media devices during their last family meal, with parent and child behaviors largely independent; usage patterns differ by demographic factors. ja.ma/4uB4Rc4