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Study suggests convalescent plasma may be safe COVID-19 treatment for high risk children

Published Feb 8, 2022

In a small study of 14 infants and children, convalescent plasma from patients who recovered from COVID-19 infection provided expected antibody levels and raised no safety concerns

Pediatrics

Pediatric medicine expert Eliana Perrin joins JHU

Published May 25, 2021

She is a leader in the field of pediatric primary care and childhood obesity; she comes to JHU from Duke University

Battle at home

Published Fall 2020

Facing frequent moves, prolonged family separation, and scattered medical records, military spouses and children face unique risk factors for mental illness / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Pediatric health

Infants in households with very low food security may have greater obesity risk

Published Aug 28, 2020

Diet and weight gain in infancy are believed to factor into future obesity and health concerns; low food security is now widespread in the U.S. due to the COVID-19 crisis, researchers say

Pediatric health

Non-fasting blood test can help screen youth for pre-diabetes and diabetes

Published Aug 25, 2020

Study suggests the hemoglobin A1c test can identify youth at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and associated cardiovascular problems

A girl lies in a hospital bed with an IV in her hand

Q+A

Symptoms, treatments for COVID-19-linked illness in children

Published June 10, 2020

Johns Hopkins pediatric cardiologist Lasya Gaur discusses the rare but serious coronavirus-related illness known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C

Berman Institute

Bioethicist sounds alarm on 'worst-case scenario' drug shortage

Published Nov 22, 2019

Hematologist/oncologist Yoram Unguru helped raise awareness recently when a pharmaceutical company stopped producing a widely used pediatric cancer drug