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11/21/2025

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11/21/2025

You never want to imagine your child facing an emergency. But they happen every day. Here’s how to teach them how to identify an emergency and how they should respond.

11/20/2025

All ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula products have been recalled. This includes all unexpired lots of formula cans and single-serve “anywhere pack” sticks. So far, 31 infants were reported sickened with botulism in this multistate outbreak. States involved: AZ, CA, ID, IL, KY, ME, MI, MN, NC, NJ, OR, PA, RI, TX, WA. All 31 patients have required hospitalization.

Do not use recalled ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula. FDA’s Investigation is ongoing.

11/19/2025

Find out why transitions are so tough for toddlers and children and learn effective strategies to overcome these challenges. Find out more about child behavior problems.

11/19/2025

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High-quality evidence shows that pacifiers do not appear to cause ni**le confusion or reduce breastfeeding success, even when introduced early. Some organizations still recommend delaying pacifier use until breastfeeding is well established, but this caution is not based on strong evidence — it’s more of a traditional precaution than a research-supported necessity.
Key randomized controlled trial (no impact on breastfeeding when pacifiers were introduced early): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00431-022-04559-9?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Is your little one torn between breastfeeding and bottle-feeding? Or are they having difficulty latching? A pediatrician and breastfeeding specialist debunks the myths behind ni**le confusion and provides tips for making sure your baby latches comfortably.

11/17/2025

Reposting...Let’s make sure we store that valuable breast milk safely.

Breast milk storage guidelines can be confusing! Pediatrician Dina DiMaggio shares her “rule of 4s” for breast milk storage: https://bit.ly/4l7av1a

11/16/2025

:( Well, this is disappointing. Flu season has arrived early in the U.K., Canada, and Japan, with cases beginning to rise in October—more than a month ahead of the usual schedule. The surge is being driven by a new influenza variant that has accumulated an unusually high number of mutations in a short period, and it is predicted to become predominant in the U.S. as well.
Subclade K is a recently emerging form of the seasonal influenza A (H3N2) virus. Over the summer, it gained seven new mutations in its hemagglutinin (HA) protein, which is the main target of most flu vaccines. These changes make the variant more antigenically distinct from the H3N2 strain used in this season’s vaccine (subclade J.2), raising concerns that vaccine effectiveness could be somewhat reduced.
Despite the differences between the variant and the vaccine strain, evidence suggests that vaccination still offers significant protection against severe illness and hospitalization. The unusually early start to the season, coupled with the rapid spread of this variant, has raised concerns that this could be a relatively severe flu season.
Protect yourself and others: wash hands, stay home if sick, and get vaccinated soon.

11/15/2025

Celebrating today World Diabetes Day 2025. Science is great, indeed.

11/15/2025

This National Adoption Month, we celebrate the families who have opened their hearts and homes to connect Florida children with their forever families. To learn more about becoming an adoptive parent, call 1-800-95-ADOPT or visit https://bit.ly/4449r8p

11/12/2025

"After having only 16 total cases of measles nationwide between 2020 and 2023, the number of measles cases in Canada jumped to more than 100 in 2024 and more than 5,000 cases in 2025. Cases have occurred among infants, children and adults in every Canadian province in 2025, and two infants have died.
Fewer than 10% of the people who have gotten sick had been vaccinated against the disease."

Decreased vaccination rates have led to measles outbreaks in Canada and other countries.