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American Academy of Pediatrics Offers Recommendations to Pediatricians on Managing Patient Relationships
June 23, 2025The American Academy of Pediatrics published a clinical report that helps pediatricians maintain professional boundaries with their patients and families. The report updates information first shared in 2009 noting that the pediatrician-patient-family relationship is constantly evolving, and that parents’ expectations, social and political factors have shifted the landscape.
American Academy of Pediatrics Outlines Considerations for Genetic Evaluation for Neurodevelopmental Disorders
June 23, 2025The American Academy of Pediatrics provides guidance for pediatricians in a clinical report, “Genetic Evaluation of the Child With Intellectual Disability or Global Developmental Delay,” published in the July 2025 Pediatrics.
AAP Statement in Response to Supreme Court Decision on Gender-Affirming Care
June 18, 2025The Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Skrmetti will have profound and far-reaching consequences for the health and well-being of transgender youth across this country and for the doctors who care for them. To be clear—regardless of today’s legal ruling—the science still supports gender-affirming care, children will still need it.
American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Underscores Need for Advocacy and Care for Survivors of Human Trafficking
June 18, 2025An AAP policy statement, “Human Trafficking and Exploitation of Children and Adolescents,” published in the July 2025 Pediatrics, recommends using a public health approach to identify and care for young people who have experienced trafficking and its many adverse health effects. The statement, published online June 23, observes that a lack of support for training and resources remains a significant challenge, particularly in rural communities.
A Statement on the Supreme Court Decision
June 18, 2025As experts dedicated to providing patients with compassionate, evidence-based care every day, we are disappointed in the United States vs. Skrmetti decision, which increases the likelihood that other states will limit or eliminate families’ and patients’ ability to access medical care.
American Academy of Pediatrics Updates Guidance on Contraception
June 16, 2025The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that pediatricians take a comprehensive approach to prescribing and counseling about contraception through offering evidence-based information and adolescent-centered support, according to an updated policy statement.
American Academy of Pediatrics Offers Standard of Care for Patients With Perinatal Urinary Tract Dilation
June 16, 2025The American Academy of Pediatrics offers guidance to pediatricians on the evaluation and management of perinatal urinary tract dilation, a condition that occurs in approximately 1% of all pregnancies, within a clinical report published in the 2025 Pediatrics. The report, “Perinatal Urinary Tract Dilation: Recommendations on Pre-/ Postnatal Imaging, Prophylactic Antibiotics, and Follow-up,” published online June 16, notes that the condition is the second most common congenital anomaly detected prenatally, after cardiac defects.
American Academy of Pediatrics Issues Clinical Report on Prescribing Assistive Technology to Help Patients Gain Communication Skills
June 16, 2025Children with medical conditions that result in having limited or no ability to speak or express themselves can benefit greatly from use of assisted technology, or devices that can help with listening, mobility, speech and vision, according to a clinical report published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
AAP Statement on Changes to Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
June 9, 2025“The American Academy of Pediatrics is deeply troubled and alarmed by Secretary Kennedy’s mass firing of all 17 experts on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. This unprecedented action, against the backdrop of contradictory announcements from the Administration in recent days about vaccines, will cause even more confusion and uncertainty for families.
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