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In infants born preterm, the nasal microbiome seems to correlate with the incidence and severity of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, reports a recent study.

Probiotics with the EVC001 strain of the Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis, as a supplement to human milk, appears to significantly reduce the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and associated deaths in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants, a recent study has found.

Children who were on a vegetarian diet had comparable measures of growth and nutrition compared with children on a nonvegetarian diet. However, those on a vegetarian diet had higher odds of being underweight, according to a recent study.

A long-term safety analysis of repeated diazepam nasal sprays finds acceptable rates of treatment-emergent adverse events in children and adolescents, with such side effects being comparably common between the two age groups.

Children with a vegetarian diet are more likely to be underweight compared with those who have nonvegetarian diets, although their growth or biochemical nutrition outcomes are similar, according to a study.

Exposure to particulate matter (PM) ≤2.5 µm and sulphur dioxide (SO2) contributes to an increased risk of Kawasaki disease in children, a study has found.