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Child with metabolic disease transported to Van by helicopter ambulance

Translated title. Original: Metabolik Hastalığı Olan Çocuk Helikopter Ambulans ile Van'a Sevk Edildi

A critically ill 3‑year‑old with a metabolic disorder is transported by helicopter ambulance from Derecik to Van Hospital after rapid coordination among local health teams and the provincial health directorate; the transfer ensures safe, advanced treatment for the child.

[2611.07717] Pediatric ECG foundation model via adult-to-pediatric fine-tuning: downstream tasks and clinical evaluation

An adult ECG foundation model was fine-tuned on pediatric data to improve performance across pediatric ECG tasks, outperforming direct transfer and de novo training with limited data and generalizing to age and congenital heart disease tasks; clinician accuracy also improved, indicating data-efficient pediatric adaptation is viable.

‘Not a new AI center’: Seattle Children’s launches $10M pediatric innovation institute – GeekWire

Seattle Children’s launches a $10 million Institute for Pediatric Innovation to accelerate pediatric-focused tech, AI, and data-driven care across eight focus areas, with a governance framework and external advisors guiding its CIO search and organizational structure; aims include a pediatric digital care platform, FDA pathways for pediatric device use, and scaling precision medicine, while emphasizing ethical oversight and partnerships.

ChatGPT-5, Gemini and DeepSeek ace pediatric infection questions, study

A study evaluating ChatGPT-5, Gemini 2.5 Flash, and DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp on twelve pediatric infectious disease scenarios found near-identical, high-quality clinical reasoning across models, with no statistically significant differences in accuracy, completeness, or safety.

Artificial intelligence enters the pediatric emergency department: what changes for children and for doctors - Mondosanità

Translated title. Original: L'intelligenza artificiale entra nel pronto soccorso pediatrico: cosa cambia per i bambini e per i medici - Mondosanità

The article discusses using artificial intelligence to aid pediatric emergency clinicians by quickly finding and citing relevant scientific literature through Vera Health, in collaboration with SIMEUP. It emphasizes that AI-assisted answers must be age-appropriate, source-backed, and validated for real clinical impact, with teachers and guidelines updated accordingly.

Assistant Professor Doğan: 'Vitamin D deficiency in children can affect growth

Translated title. Original: Doç. Dr. Doğan: 'Çocuklarda D vitamini eksikliği büyümeyi etkileyebilir'

A Gaziantep hospital endocrinologist discusses how vitamin D deficiency can affect children's bone growth and development, potential signs of rickets, the importance of regular growth monitoring, and treatment approaches including supplementation and diet, with cautions about dosing.

The children’s department is closed if Nils (4) becomes acutely ill at night

Translated title. Original: Barneavdelingen er stengt hvis Nils (4) blir akutt syk om natta

The article reports on a pediatric service disruption at a Norwegian hospital due to staffing and financial pressures, forcing families to cope with longer travel and reduced after-hours access while administrators push an extensive restructuring plan to cut costs; clinicians warn of impacts on patient care and call for management to preserve essential services.

Anthropic launches its own “drug discovery activities,” acquires a pediatric biomedicine startup with a single employee, and advances research on treatments for pediatric rare diseases - ITmedia NEWS

Translated title. Original: Anthropic、独自の“創薬活動”に着手　社員1人のバイオ企業を買収、小児難病の治療薬研究を進める - ITmedia NEWS

Anthropic announces in-house drug discovery efforts, acquiring a one-person pediatric biotech, Mithril Medicine. Using Claude to coordinate external labs, data, and early antibody candidates for two pediatric muscular dystrophy targets, they report promising mouse results and rapid screening with CROs, while acknowledging some drafting/quantity errors. If continued success, human trials may begin by late 2028.

Important donation for the Pediatric Chest Diseases Department of BUÜ Faculty of Medicine Hospital

Translated title. Original: BUÜ Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi Çocuk Göğüs Hastalıkları Birimi İçin Önemli Bağış

A donation to Bursa Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine Hospital upgrades the Pediatric Chest Diseases Unit, expanding facilities, equipment, and the Kistik Fibrozis Clinic. Leaders praise the donor's impact on regional healthcare quality and emphasize the unit’s strategic role for six provinces in Southern Marmara.

Mandatory license plate replacement: from this point you can no longer use your car | Dívány

Translated title. Original: Kötelező rendszámcsere: ekkortól nem használhatod a kocsid | Dívány

A Hungarian eye doctor and monk, Dr. Hardi Richárd, has devoted over 30 years to restoring sight in Congo, tackling cataracts with quick surgeries and overcoming access barriers. He also established a modern clinic and has inspired a children's book about his work.