In The News: New Study Estimates How Many Children Will Get Long COVID

Feb. 23, 2022

In The News: Awaiting Surge in MIS-C as Omicron Cases Fall

In the wake of the Omicron variant infecting a record number of US children, CNN reports children’s hospitals across the country braced for the accompanying spike in MIS-C cases that…

Feb. 23, 2022

In The News: FDA Delays Shot Push for Children Under 5

The sole age group without access to COVID-19 vaccination will remain on the outside looking in until at least April, reports The New York Times. Roughly 18 million children in…

Feb. 9, 2022

In The News: Kids’ COVID Vaccinations Plummet

Bloomberg reports parental enthusiasm for vaccinating their children has waned just as shots for children under 5 are being considered. Vaccinations for children are at the lowest recorded levels since…

Feb. 9, 2022

In The News: Children Living with Long Covid

A child hunched over in pain, reporting pain as “above 10” on a 1-10 scale. This is the October experience of a girl who had contracted COVID-19 back in August,…

President’s Letter from Dr. C. Buddy Creech – February Symmetry

I really like February. I like the symmetry of precisely 4 crisp weeks. I like that February 1 and March 1 are always on the same day of the week….

In The News: New Antifungal Medications Are Sorely Needed

Fungal infections are a growing public health problem. Medscape reports invasive fungi are evolving stronger defenses just as disease-causing bacteria have shown. While antimicrobial resistance receives much of the publicity,…

In The News: Kids’ COVID Hospitalizations Hit Pandemic High

Pediatric infectious diseases specialists at children’s hospitals across the country – D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Cleveland, Palo Alto – reached for this story by CNBC reported more pediatric hospitalizations due…

Jan. 26, 2022

Member Spotlight: Dr. Bill Muller

William (Bill) Muller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University and the Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago….

Jan. 12, 2022

In the News: US Urges COVID Boosters Starting at Age 12 to Fight Omicron

Covid vaccines offer strong protection against serious illness across variants, including Omicron. Still, according to a recent Associated Press article, the CDC has recommended boosters for adults and teens over…

Jan. 12, 2022

In the News: Omicron Leading to a Familiar Illness in Kids: Croup

Reports nationwide show the Omicron variant has struck the pediatric population particularly hard. In addition to the complications COVID-19 infection brings, NBC News reports some children under five who contract…

Jan. 12, 2022

President’s Letter from Dr. C. Buddy Creech – My Peds ID Story

Tell me if this sounds familiar: a trainee, with their entire medical career ahead of them and in search of direction, asks how you came to choose a career in…

Jan. 5, 2022

Letter on 2021 Pediatric ID Match Results

Dear Colleagues, In mid-December, we received the results of the 2021 Pediatric Infectious Diseases match. Fifty-nine programs participated in the match this year (up from 55 last year), and 84…

In The News: Early Recognition, Prompt Treatment Important in Managing Pediatric Enterocolitis

Feb. 23, 2022

In The News: Awaiting Surge in MIS-C as Omicron Cases Fall

In the wake of the Omicron variant infecting a record number of US children, CNN reports children’s hospitals across the country braced for the accompanying spike in MIS-C cases that…

Feb. 23, 2022

In The News: FDA Delays Shot Push for Children Under 5

The sole age group without access to COVID-19 vaccination will remain on the outside looking in until at least April, reports The New York Times. Roughly 18 million children in…

Feb. 9, 2022

In The News: Kids’ COVID Vaccinations Plummet

Bloomberg reports parental enthusiasm for vaccinating their children has waned just as shots for children under 5 are being considered. Vaccinations for children are at the lowest recorded levels since…

Feb. 9, 2022

In The News: Children Living with Long Covid

A child hunched over in pain, reporting pain as “above 10” on a 1-10 scale. This is the October experience of a girl who had contracted COVID-19 back in August,…

President’s Letter from Dr. C. Buddy Creech – February Symmetry

I really like February. I like the symmetry of precisely 4 crisp weeks. I like that February 1 and March 1 are always on the same day of the week….

In The News: New Antifungal Medications Are Sorely Needed

Fungal infections are a growing public health problem. Medscape reports invasive fungi are evolving stronger defenses just as disease-causing bacteria have shown. While antimicrobial resistance receives much of the publicity,…

In The News: Kids’ COVID Hospitalizations Hit Pandemic High

Pediatric infectious diseases specialists at children’s hospitals across the country – D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Cleveland, Palo Alto – reached for this story by CNBC reported more pediatric hospitalizations due…

Jan. 26, 2022

Member Spotlight: Dr. Bill Muller

William (Bill) Muller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University and the Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago….

Jan. 12, 2022

In the News: US Urges COVID Boosters Starting at Age 12 to Fight Omicron

Covid vaccines offer strong protection against serious illness across variants, including Omicron. Still, according to a recent Associated Press article, the CDC has recommended boosters for adults and teens over…

Jan. 12, 2022

In the News: Omicron Leading to a Familiar Illness in Kids: Croup

Reports nationwide show the Omicron variant has struck the pediatric population particularly hard. In addition to the complications COVID-19 infection brings, NBC News reports some children under five who contract…

Jan. 12, 2022

President’s Letter from Dr. C. Buddy Creech – My Peds ID Story

Tell me if this sounds familiar: a trainee, with their entire medical career ahead of them and in search of direction, asks how you came to choose a career in…

Jan. 5, 2022

Letter on 2021 Pediatric ID Match Results

Dear Colleagues, In mid-December, we received the results of the 2021 Pediatric Infectious Diseases match. Fifty-nine programs participated in the match this year (up from 55 last year), and 84…

UPDATED – PIDS STRONGLY SUPPORTS VACCINATION OF CHILDREN 6 MONTHS AND OLDER WITH THE PEDIATRIC COVID-19 VACCINE

Feb. 23, 2022

In The News: Awaiting Surge in MIS-C as Omicron Cases Fall

In the wake of the Omicron variant infecting a record number of US children, CNN reports children’s hospitals across the country braced for the accompanying spike in MIS-C cases that…

Feb. 23, 2022

In The News: FDA Delays Shot Push for Children Under 5

The sole age group without access to COVID-19 vaccination will remain on the outside looking in until at least April, reports The New York Times. Roughly 18 million children in…

Feb. 9, 2022

In The News: Kids’ COVID Vaccinations Plummet

Bloomberg reports parental enthusiasm for vaccinating their children has waned just as shots for children under 5 are being considered. Vaccinations for children are at the lowest recorded levels since…

Feb. 9, 2022

In The News: Children Living with Long Covid

A child hunched over in pain, reporting pain as “above 10” on a 1-10 scale. This is the October experience of a girl who had contracted COVID-19 back in August,…

President’s Letter from Dr. C. Buddy Creech – February Symmetry

I really like February. I like the symmetry of precisely 4 crisp weeks. I like that February 1 and March 1 are always on the same day of the week….

In The News: New Antifungal Medications Are Sorely Needed

Fungal infections are a growing public health problem. Medscape reports invasive fungi are evolving stronger defenses just as disease-causing bacteria have shown. While antimicrobial resistance receives much of the publicity,…

In The News: Kids’ COVID Hospitalizations Hit Pandemic High

Pediatric infectious diseases specialists at children’s hospitals across the country – D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Cleveland, Palo Alto – reached for this story by CNBC reported more pediatric hospitalizations due…

Jan. 26, 2022

Member Spotlight: Dr. Bill Muller

William (Bill) Muller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University and the Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago….

Jan. 12, 2022

In the News: US Urges COVID Boosters Starting at Age 12 to Fight Omicron

Covid vaccines offer strong protection against serious illness across variants, including Omicron. Still, according to a recent Associated Press article, the CDC has recommended boosters for adults and teens over…

Jan. 12, 2022

In the News: Omicron Leading to a Familiar Illness in Kids: Croup

Reports nationwide show the Omicron variant has struck the pediatric population particularly hard. In addition to the complications COVID-19 infection brings, NBC News reports some children under five who contract…

Jan. 12, 2022

President’s Letter from Dr. C. Buddy Creech – My Peds ID Story

Tell me if this sounds familiar: a trainee, with their entire medical career ahead of them and in search of direction, asks how you came to choose a career in…

Jan. 5, 2022

Letter on 2021 Pediatric ID Match Results

Dear Colleagues, In mid-December, we received the results of the 2021 Pediatric Infectious Diseases match. Fifty-nine programs participated in the match this year (up from 55 last year), and 84…

Member Spotlight: George Liu

Feb. 23, 2022

In The News: Awaiting Surge in MIS-C as Omicron Cases Fall

In the wake of the Omicron variant infecting a record number of US children, CNN reports children’s hospitals across the country braced for the accompanying spike in MIS-C cases that…

Feb. 23, 2022

In The News: FDA Delays Shot Push for Children Under 5

The sole age group without access to COVID-19 vaccination will remain on the outside looking in until at least April, reports The New York Times. Roughly 18 million children in…

Feb. 9, 2022

In The News: Kids’ COVID Vaccinations Plummet

Bloomberg reports parental enthusiasm for vaccinating their children has waned just as shots for children under 5 are being considered. Vaccinations for children are at the lowest recorded levels since…

Feb. 9, 2022

In The News: Children Living with Long Covid

A child hunched over in pain, reporting pain as “above 10” on a 1-10 scale. This is the October experience of a girl who had contracted COVID-19 back in August,…

President’s Letter from Dr. C. Buddy Creech – February Symmetry

I really like February. I like the symmetry of precisely 4 crisp weeks. I like that February 1 and March 1 are always on the same day of the week….

In The News: New Antifungal Medications Are Sorely Needed

Fungal infections are a growing public health problem. Medscape reports invasive fungi are evolving stronger defenses just as disease-causing bacteria have shown. While antimicrobial resistance receives much of the publicity,…

In The News: Kids’ COVID Hospitalizations Hit Pandemic High

Pediatric infectious diseases specialists at children’s hospitals across the country – D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Cleveland, Palo Alto – reached for this story by CNBC reported more pediatric hospitalizations due…

Jan. 26, 2022

Member Spotlight: Dr. Bill Muller

William (Bill) Muller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University and the Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago….

Jan. 12, 2022

In the News: US Urges COVID Boosters Starting at Age 12 to Fight Omicron

Covid vaccines offer strong protection against serious illness across variants, including Omicron. Still, according to a recent Associated Press article, the CDC has recommended boosters for adults and teens over…

Jan. 12, 2022

In the News: Omicron Leading to a Familiar Illness in Kids: Croup

Reports nationwide show the Omicron variant has struck the pediatric population particularly hard. In addition to the complications COVID-19 infection brings, NBC News reports some children under five who contract…

Jan. 12, 2022

President’s Letter from Dr. C. Buddy Creech – My Peds ID Story

Tell me if this sounds familiar: a trainee, with their entire medical career ahead of them and in search of direction, asks how you came to choose a career in…

Jan. 5, 2022

Letter on 2021 Pediatric ID Match Results

Dear Colleagues, In mid-December, we received the results of the 2021 Pediatric Infectious Diseases match. Fifty-nine programs participated in the match this year (up from 55 last year), and 84…

In The News: CDC Issues Parechovirus Warning – Here’s What PeV Can Look Like in Infants

Feb. 23, 2022

In The News: Awaiting Surge in MIS-C as Omicron Cases Fall

In the wake of the Omicron variant infecting a record number of US children, CNN reports children’s hospitals across the country braced for the accompanying spike in MIS-C cases that…

Feb. 23, 2022

In The News: FDA Delays Shot Push for Children Under 5

The sole age group without access to COVID-19 vaccination will remain on the outside looking in until at least April, reports The New York Times. Roughly 18 million children in…

Feb. 9, 2022

In The News: Kids’ COVID Vaccinations Plummet

Bloomberg reports parental enthusiasm for vaccinating their children has waned just as shots for children under 5 are being considered. Vaccinations for children are at the lowest recorded levels since…

Feb. 9, 2022

In The News: Children Living with Long Covid

A child hunched over in pain, reporting pain as “above 10” on a 1-10 scale. This is the October experience of a girl who had contracted COVID-19 back in August,…

President’s Letter from Dr. C. Buddy Creech – February Symmetry

I really like February. I like the symmetry of precisely 4 crisp weeks. I like that February 1 and March 1 are always on the same day of the week….

In The News: New Antifungal Medications Are Sorely Needed

Fungal infections are a growing public health problem. Medscape reports invasive fungi are evolving stronger defenses just as disease-causing bacteria have shown. While antimicrobial resistance receives much of the publicity,…

In The News: Kids’ COVID Hospitalizations Hit Pandemic High

Pediatric infectious diseases specialists at children’s hospitals across the country – D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Cleveland, Palo Alto – reached for this story by CNBC reported more pediatric hospitalizations due…

Jan. 26, 2022

Member Spotlight: Dr. Bill Muller

William (Bill) Muller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University and the Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago….

Jan. 12, 2022

In the News: US Urges COVID Boosters Starting at Age 12 to Fight Omicron

Covid vaccines offer strong protection against serious illness across variants, including Omicron. Still, according to a recent Associated Press article, the CDC has recommended boosters for adults and teens over…

Jan. 12, 2022

In the News: Omicron Leading to a Familiar Illness in Kids: Croup

Reports nationwide show the Omicron variant has struck the pediatric population particularly hard. In addition to the complications COVID-19 infection brings, NBC News reports some children under five who contract…

Jan. 12, 2022

President’s Letter from Dr. C. Buddy Creech – My Peds ID Story

Tell me if this sounds familiar: a trainee, with their entire medical career ahead of them and in search of direction, asks how you came to choose a career in…

Jan. 5, 2022

Letter on 2021 Pediatric ID Match Results

Dear Colleagues, In mid-December, we received the results of the 2021 Pediatric Infectious Diseases match. Fifty-nine programs participated in the match this year (up from 55 last year), and 84…

In The News: Sharp Drop in Childhood Vaccinations Threatens Millions of Lives

Feb. 23, 2022

In The News: Awaiting Surge in MIS-C as Omicron Cases Fall

In the wake of the Omicron variant infecting a record number of US children, CNN reports children’s hospitals across the country braced for the accompanying spike in MIS-C cases that…

Feb. 23, 2022

In The News: FDA Delays Shot Push for Children Under 5

The sole age group without access to COVID-19 vaccination will remain on the outside looking in until at least April, reports The New York Times. Roughly 18 million children in…

Feb. 9, 2022

In The News: Kids’ COVID Vaccinations Plummet

Bloomberg reports parental enthusiasm for vaccinating their children has waned just as shots for children under 5 are being considered. Vaccinations for children are at the lowest recorded levels since…

Feb. 9, 2022

In The News: Children Living with Long Covid

A child hunched over in pain, reporting pain as “above 10” on a 1-10 scale. This is the October experience of a girl who had contracted COVID-19 back in August,…

President’s Letter from Dr. C. Buddy Creech – February Symmetry

I really like February. I like the symmetry of precisely 4 crisp weeks. I like that February 1 and March 1 are always on the same day of the week….

In The News: New Antifungal Medications Are Sorely Needed

Fungal infections are a growing public health problem. Medscape reports invasive fungi are evolving stronger defenses just as disease-causing bacteria have shown. While antimicrobial resistance receives much of the publicity,…

In The News: Kids’ COVID Hospitalizations Hit Pandemic High

Pediatric infectious diseases specialists at children’s hospitals across the country – D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Cleveland, Palo Alto – reached for this story by CNBC reported more pediatric hospitalizations due…

Jan. 26, 2022

Member Spotlight: Dr. Bill Muller

William (Bill) Muller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University and the Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago….

Jan. 12, 2022

In the News: US Urges COVID Boosters Starting at Age 12 to Fight Omicron

Covid vaccines offer strong protection against serious illness across variants, including Omicron. Still, according to a recent Associated Press article, the CDC has recommended boosters for adults and teens over…

Jan. 12, 2022

In the News: Omicron Leading to a Familiar Illness in Kids: Croup

Reports nationwide show the Omicron variant has struck the pediatric population particularly hard. In addition to the complications COVID-19 infection brings, NBC News reports some children under five who contract…

Jan. 12, 2022

President’s Letter from Dr. C. Buddy Creech – My Peds ID Story

Tell me if this sounds familiar: a trainee, with their entire medical career ahead of them and in search of direction, asks how you came to choose a career in…

Jan. 5, 2022

Letter on 2021 Pediatric ID Match Results

Dear Colleagues, In mid-December, we received the results of the 2021 Pediatric Infectious Diseases match. Fifty-nine programs participated in the match this year (up from 55 last year), and 84…

PIDS Foundation News: Matthew Vogt (Recipient)

Feb. 23, 2022

In The News: Awaiting Surge in MIS-C as Omicron Cases Fall

In the wake of the Omicron variant infecting a record number of US children, CNN reports children’s hospitals across the country braced for the accompanying spike in MIS-C cases that…

Feb. 23, 2022

In The News: FDA Delays Shot Push for Children Under 5

The sole age group without access to COVID-19 vaccination will remain on the outside looking in until at least April, reports The New York Times. Roughly 18 million children in…

Feb. 9, 2022

In The News: Kids’ COVID Vaccinations Plummet

Bloomberg reports parental enthusiasm for vaccinating their children has waned just as shots for children under 5 are being considered. Vaccinations for children are at the lowest recorded levels since…

Feb. 9, 2022

In The News: Children Living with Long Covid

A child hunched over in pain, reporting pain as “above 10” on a 1-10 scale. This is the October experience of a girl who had contracted COVID-19 back in August,…

President’s Letter from Dr. C. Buddy Creech – February Symmetry

I really like February. I like the symmetry of precisely 4 crisp weeks. I like that February 1 and March 1 are always on the same day of the week….

In The News: New Antifungal Medications Are Sorely Needed

Fungal infections are a growing public health problem. Medscape reports invasive fungi are evolving stronger defenses just as disease-causing bacteria have shown. While antimicrobial resistance receives much of the publicity,…

In The News: Kids’ COVID Hospitalizations Hit Pandemic High

Pediatric infectious diseases specialists at children’s hospitals across the country – D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Cleveland, Palo Alto – reached for this story by CNBC reported more pediatric hospitalizations due…

Jan. 26, 2022

Member Spotlight: Dr. Bill Muller

William (Bill) Muller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University and the Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago….

Jan. 12, 2022

In the News: US Urges COVID Boosters Starting at Age 12 to Fight Omicron

Covid vaccines offer strong protection against serious illness across variants, including Omicron. Still, according to a recent Associated Press article, the CDC has recommended boosters for adults and teens over…

Jan. 12, 2022

In the News: Omicron Leading to a Familiar Illness in Kids: Croup

Reports nationwide show the Omicron variant has struck the pediatric population particularly hard. In addition to the complications COVID-19 infection brings, NBC News reports some children under five who contract…

Jan. 12, 2022

President’s Letter from Dr. C. Buddy Creech – My Peds ID Story

Tell me if this sounds familiar: a trainee, with their entire medical career ahead of them and in search of direction, asks how you came to choose a career in…

Jan. 5, 2022

Letter on 2021 Pediatric ID Match Results

Dear Colleagues, In mid-December, we received the results of the 2021 Pediatric Infectious Diseases match. Fifty-nine programs participated in the match this year (up from 55 last year), and 84…

President’s Letter from C. Buddy Creech – Welcoming Pediatric ID Fellows

Feb. 23, 2022

In The News: Awaiting Surge in MIS-C as Omicron Cases Fall

In the wake of the Omicron variant infecting a record number of US children, CNN reports children’s hospitals across the country braced for the accompanying spike in MIS-C cases that…

Feb. 23, 2022

In The News: FDA Delays Shot Push for Children Under 5

The sole age group without access to COVID-19 vaccination will remain on the outside looking in until at least April, reports The New York Times. Roughly 18 million children in…

Feb. 9, 2022

In The News: Kids’ COVID Vaccinations Plummet

Bloomberg reports parental enthusiasm for vaccinating their children has waned just as shots for children under 5 are being considered. Vaccinations for children are at the lowest recorded levels since…

Feb. 9, 2022

In The News: Children Living with Long Covid

A child hunched over in pain, reporting pain as “above 10” on a 1-10 scale. This is the October experience of a girl who had contracted COVID-19 back in August,…

President’s Letter from Dr. C. Buddy Creech – February Symmetry

I really like February. I like the symmetry of precisely 4 crisp weeks. I like that February 1 and March 1 are always on the same day of the week….

In The News: New Antifungal Medications Are Sorely Needed

Fungal infections are a growing public health problem. Medscape reports invasive fungi are evolving stronger defenses just as disease-causing bacteria have shown. While antimicrobial resistance receives much of the publicity,…

In The News: Kids’ COVID Hospitalizations Hit Pandemic High

Pediatric infectious diseases specialists at children’s hospitals across the country – D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Cleveland, Palo Alto – reached for this story by CNBC reported more pediatric hospitalizations due…

Jan. 26, 2022

Member Spotlight: Dr. Bill Muller

William (Bill) Muller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University and the Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago….

Jan. 12, 2022

In the News: US Urges COVID Boosters Starting at Age 12 to Fight Omicron

Covid vaccines offer strong protection against serious illness across variants, including Omicron. Still, according to a recent Associated Press article, the CDC has recommended boosters for adults and teens over…

Jan. 12, 2022

In the News: Omicron Leading to a Familiar Illness in Kids: Croup

Reports nationwide show the Omicron variant has struck the pediatric population particularly hard. In addition to the complications COVID-19 infection brings, NBC News reports some children under five who contract…

Jan. 12, 2022

President’s Letter from Dr. C. Buddy Creech – My Peds ID Story

Tell me if this sounds familiar: a trainee, with their entire medical career ahead of them and in search of direction, asks how you came to choose a career in…

Jan. 5, 2022

Letter on 2021 Pediatric ID Match Results

Dear Colleagues, In mid-December, we received the results of the 2021 Pediatric Infectious Diseases match. Fifty-nine programs participated in the match this year (up from 55 last year), and 84…

In The News: Updates on COVID-19 Vaccines for Youngest Kids

Feb. 23, 2022

In The News: Awaiting Surge in MIS-C as Omicron Cases Fall

In the wake of the Omicron variant infecting a record number of US children, CNN reports children’s hospitals across the country braced for the accompanying spike in MIS-C cases that…

Feb. 23, 2022

In The News: FDA Delays Shot Push for Children Under 5

The sole age group without access to COVID-19 vaccination will remain on the outside looking in until at least April, reports The New York Times. Roughly 18 million children in…

Feb. 9, 2022

In The News: Kids’ COVID Vaccinations Plummet

Bloomberg reports parental enthusiasm for vaccinating their children has waned just as shots for children under 5 are being considered. Vaccinations for children are at the lowest recorded levels since…

Feb. 9, 2022

In The News: Children Living with Long Covid

A child hunched over in pain, reporting pain as “above 10” on a 1-10 scale. This is the October experience of a girl who had contracted COVID-19 back in August,…

President’s Letter from Dr. C. Buddy Creech – February Symmetry

I really like February. I like the symmetry of precisely 4 crisp weeks. I like that February 1 and March 1 are always on the same day of the week….

In The News: New Antifungal Medications Are Sorely Needed

Fungal infections are a growing public health problem. Medscape reports invasive fungi are evolving stronger defenses just as disease-causing bacteria have shown. While antimicrobial resistance receives much of the publicity,…

In The News: Kids’ COVID Hospitalizations Hit Pandemic High

Pediatric infectious diseases specialists at children’s hospitals across the country – D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Cleveland, Palo Alto – reached for this story by CNBC reported more pediatric hospitalizations due…

Jan. 26, 2022

Member Spotlight: Dr. Bill Muller

William (Bill) Muller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University and the Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago….

Jan. 12, 2022

In the News: US Urges COVID Boosters Starting at Age 12 to Fight Omicron

Covid vaccines offer strong protection against serious illness across variants, including Omicron. Still, according to a recent Associated Press article, the CDC has recommended boosters for adults and teens over…

Jan. 12, 2022

In the News: Omicron Leading to a Familiar Illness in Kids: Croup

Reports nationwide show the Omicron variant has struck the pediatric population particularly hard. In addition to the complications COVID-19 infection brings, NBC News reports some children under five who contract…

Jan. 12, 2022

President’s Letter from Dr. C. Buddy Creech – My Peds ID Story

Tell me if this sounds familiar: a trainee, with their entire medical career ahead of them and in search of direction, asks how you came to choose a career in…

Jan. 5, 2022

Letter on 2021 Pediatric ID Match Results

Dear Colleagues, In mid-December, we received the results of the 2021 Pediatric Infectious Diseases match. Fifty-nine programs participated in the match this year (up from 55 last year), and 84…

In The News: CDC Eyes Bavarian Monkeypox Vaccine for Kids as Outbreak Spreads

Feb. 23, 2022

In The News: Awaiting Surge in MIS-C as Omicron Cases Fall

In the wake of the Omicron variant infecting a record number of US children, CNN reports children’s hospitals across the country braced for the accompanying spike in MIS-C cases that…

Feb. 23, 2022

In The News: FDA Delays Shot Push for Children Under 5

The sole age group without access to COVID-19 vaccination will remain on the outside looking in until at least April, reports The New York Times. Roughly 18 million children in…

Feb. 9, 2022

In The News: Kids’ COVID Vaccinations Plummet

Bloomberg reports parental enthusiasm for vaccinating their children has waned just as shots for children under 5 are being considered. Vaccinations for children are at the lowest recorded levels since…

Feb. 9, 2022

In The News: Children Living with Long Covid

A child hunched over in pain, reporting pain as “above 10” on a 1-10 scale. This is the October experience of a girl who had contracted COVID-19 back in August,…

President’s Letter from Dr. C. Buddy Creech – February Symmetry

I really like February. I like the symmetry of precisely 4 crisp weeks. I like that February 1 and March 1 are always on the same day of the week….

In The News: New Antifungal Medications Are Sorely Needed

Fungal infections are a growing public health problem. Medscape reports invasive fungi are evolving stronger defenses just as disease-causing bacteria have shown. While antimicrobial resistance receives much of the publicity,…

In The News: Kids’ COVID Hospitalizations Hit Pandemic High

Pediatric infectious diseases specialists at children’s hospitals across the country – D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Cleveland, Palo Alto – reached for this story by CNBC reported more pediatric hospitalizations due…

Jan. 26, 2022

Member Spotlight: Dr. Bill Muller

William (Bill) Muller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University and the Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago….

Jan. 12, 2022

In the News: US Urges COVID Boosters Starting at Age 12 to Fight Omicron

Covid vaccines offer strong protection against serious illness across variants, including Omicron. Still, according to a recent Associated Press article, the CDC has recommended boosters for adults and teens over…

Jan. 12, 2022

In the News: Omicron Leading to a Familiar Illness in Kids: Croup

Reports nationwide show the Omicron variant has struck the pediatric population particularly hard. In addition to the complications COVID-19 infection brings, NBC News reports some children under five who contract…

Jan. 12, 2022

President’s Letter from Dr. C. Buddy Creech – My Peds ID Story

Tell me if this sounds familiar: a trainee, with their entire medical career ahead of them and in search of direction, asks how you came to choose a career in…

Jan. 5, 2022

Letter on 2021 Pediatric ID Match Results

Dear Colleagues, In mid-December, we received the results of the 2021 Pediatric Infectious Diseases match. Fifty-nine programs participated in the match this year (up from 55 last year), and 84…

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