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Gun Violence: About 16-US Children Hospitalized with Firearms Injuries Each Day, Study Indicates
American Academy of Pediatrics. (2017, May 4). Sixteen US children hospitalized for firearms injuries each day: Majority of gun injuries in younger children unintentional, with most among 15- to-19-year-olds the result of assault. Science Daily. Retrieved May 10, 2017 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170504083204.htm

• 16- children a day, or an estimated 5,862 a year, were hospitalized due to firearm injuries.
• More than half of the children hospitalized for gunshot injuries lived in a zip code that fell within the bottom 25 percent of median household income.

Do Not Use Codeine, Tramadol in Children: FDA
American Academy of Pediatrics. (2017, April 20). Do not use codeine, tramadol in children: FDA. Retrieved May 10, 2017 from http://www.aappublications.org/news/aapnewsmag/2017/04/20/Codeine042017.full.pdf.

• Some children who received codeine or tramadol have experienced life-threatening respiratory depression and death because children metabolize these medicines much faster. 
• The FDA is calling for new restrictions on the warning labels of these medications to protect children., adolescents, and infants being breastfed.  
• The FDA recommends physicians use other medications for treating cough and pain. 

Visual Impairment in Preschool Children in the United States
Varma, R., Tarczy-Hornoch, K., & Jiang, X. (2017). Visual impairment in preschool children in the United States. JAMA Ophthalmology. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.1021

• The number of preschool children with visual impairment is projected to increase by 25% in 2060.
• In 2015, more than 1700,00 children aged 3 to 5 years in the United States were visually impaired.
• Hispanic white children will account for the largest number and proportion of cases, follow by African American children. 
• Vision screening for refractive error and related eye diseases may prevent a high proportion of preschool children from experiencing unnecessary visual impairment and associated developmental delays. 

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