Welcome to This Week in Pediatrics. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning neonatal care and preventive strategies, prenatal exposures and long-term offspring safety, critical updates in pediatric gastroenterology, and key trends in adolescent development and public health. Let's dive in. We begin with a critical look at routine preventative strategies in neonatal care, where two rec…

This week's papers:

Phase 3 Trial of Oral Infigratinib in Children with Achondroplasia — The New England Journal of Medicine 2026
Prophylactic Dextrose Gel for Neonatal Hypoglycemia and Neurocognitive Function at 6 to 7 Years of Age: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial — JAMA Pediatrics 2026
ESPGHAN position paper on screening, diagnosis and investigation of paediatric metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease — Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2026
Prenatal Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) Use and the Risk of Autism and/or Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Among Sibling-Matched Cohorts — JAMA Internal Medicine 2026
Impact of Phototherapy Blanket Treatment on Need for Overhead Phototherapy in Term Infants-A Randomised Controlled Trial (The Babies in Blankets Trial-BiB Trial) — Acta Paediatrica 2026
Impact of antenatal biological response modifying drugs on infant infection risk and vaccination rates: a national cohort study — Archives of Disease in Childhood 2026
Safety of infant milks: Contamination with cereulide. A commentary by ESPGHAN (European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition) — Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2026
The frequency and characteristics of ultra-short celiac disease in children: A single-center experience — European Journal of Pediatrics 2026
Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination global scores for predicting neurodevelopmental outcomes after 2 years of age: A systematic review and meta-analysis — Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 2026
Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students: 2025 National Youth Tobacco Survey — Pediatrics 2026