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Hospitalization due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in infants and children is significantly associated with younger age, high-risk conditions, and palivizumab-indicated underlying conditions, according to a study in Japan.

Condom use during first sexual encounter, intentions to use condoms, and the ability to communicate with the partner about safe sex emerge as the strongest predictors of condom use among teens in the US, as reported in a meta-analysis.

Children who are undernourished may have a compromised immune response to certain vaccines, and this impaired response can contribute to the burden of vaccine-preventable diseases, according to the VHEMBE* South African birth cohort study.

The Metagenome-Assembled Genome Inventory for Children (MAGIC) database, which contains 20,172 global gut metagenomes from humans aged 0–7 years, characterizes the bacteriome and virome diversity of the global gut microbiome in early life.

The use of montelukast in children treated in routine practice does not appear to pose any risks of neuropsychiatric events such as anxiety, depression, and sleep-related disorders, among others.

Contraction of Zika virus infection during pregnancy may put the offspring at risk of neurodevelopmental delay in early childhood, as shown in a study.

Parents of infants with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) need not worry too much as the disease is almost always self-limiting and transient, with most cases not requiring treatment, suggests a Singapore study. In addition, chances of developing chronic ITP are slim.

The introduction of complementary dietary fibres during the weaning period shows benefits for infant gut microbiome diversification and stabilization, according to a study.