Pediatricians are urged to follow 2024 guidelines amid ACIP upheaval, vaccine hesitancy, and access issues as children head ...

An expert discusses practical strategies for assessing atopic dermatitis severity, highlighting simple yet effective tools such as the Investigator Global Assessment (IGA) scale, palm-based body ...

An expert discusses advancements in the management of atopic dermatitis, emphasizing early recognition, updated nonsteroidal treatments, accurate differential diagnosis, and the importance of ...

Richard Auchus, MD, PhD, highlights data showing that crinecerfont use in children with CAH can improve metabolic outcomes.

An expert discusses the benefits and risks of topical corticosteroids (TCS) and calcineurin inhibitors in atopic dermatitis (AD) treatment, highlighting patient concerns about long-term adverse ...

The FDA approved concizumab-mtci (Alhemo; Novo Nordisk) for hemophilia A/B without inhibitors, offering once-daily subcutaneous prophylaxis that significantly reduces bleeding rates.

An expert discusses the importance of careful topical steroid use to minimize adverse effects in atopic dermatitis, while highlighting newer, more potent nonsteroidal treatments such as PDE4 and JAK ...

On July 30, 2025, AbbVie announced positive and topline data from the phase 3 UP-AA clinical program (NCT06012240), in which upadacitinib (Rinvoq) (15 mg and 30 mg) demonstrated that 44.6% and 54.3% ...

On July 28, 2025, the FDA approved PTC Therapeutics' sepiapterin (Sephience) to treat adult and pediatric patients with phenylketonuria (PKU). Sepiapterin is now the third FDA-approved medication for ...

Contemporary Pediatrics connects pediatricians with peer-reviewed articles, guideline updates, and practice strategies for real-world clinical application.

Joshua Fitch is the senior editor for Contemporary Pediatrics. He joined the brand in March of 2023 as an editor before being promoted to senior editor in January 2024. Fitch graduated from Youngstown ...