This disparity emerged after the AAP published guidance for managing fever in infants aged 8 to 60 days in 2021. The guidelines aimed to reduce unnecessary lumbar punctures, antibiotics and ...

A fever in babies is one of the most common symptoms new parents face. Fortunately, it's not necessarily a sign of anything serious. A baby's normal temperature averages 98.6 degrees F. A fever is ...

This article explains fever and how to take ... under control. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends using a digital thermometer to take a child’s temperature.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has updated its safe-sleep guidelines for infants, urging parents to make sure their baby sleeps on a flat — not inclined — surface without soft bedding and ...

The AAP’s baby sleeping guidelines, which have not been updated in five years, have found a correlation between items in cribs and suffocation and SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrome.

The updated guidelines are based on the study of nearly 160 scientific articles since 2015 that cover risk factors and statistical trends for sleep-related infant death. Among the new AAP's new ...

YORK, Pa. — October is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) awareness month, and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has updated its sleep guidelines for infants. 3,500 babies die in sleep ...