Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) Publishes Journal Supplement on Eliminating Health Disparities in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Nov. 2, 2022

In The News: WHO: TB Deaths, Disease, Treatment Resistance Continued to Increase in 2021

In an article covering the WHO’s 2022 Global TB Report, Healio relays the fight against tuberculosis had nearly a decade of progress negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Declines in…

Nov. 2, 2022

In The News: A ‘Tripledemic’? Flu, R.S.V. and COVID May Collide This Winter, Experts Say

The New York Times reports on an expected collision of respiratory viruses this winter. With few to little restrictions in place for travelling or gathering socially or in schools, experts…

Nov. 1, 2022

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and Stop TB Collaborate to Publish Special JPIDS Supplement on Pediatric Tuberculosis

‘What’s New in Childhood Tuberculosis’ is a nine-article supplement that evaluates the global state of childhood TB and efforts that will reduce morbidity and mortality from TB in children WASHINGTON…

Oct. 28, 2022

Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi Delivers the 2022 Stanley A. Plotkin Lecture in Vaccinology at IDWeek

Award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the field or related science that have impacted children and pediatric infectious diseases Maria Elena Bottazzi, PhD, an internationally recognized…

Oct. 27, 2022

PIDS Distinguished Research Award Presented to Jeffrey Starke at IDWeek 2022

Award recognizes a Society member whose outstanding research efforts have significant impact on pediatric infectious diseases Jeffrey R. Starke, MD, a renowned tuberculosis clinician and investigator, is the PIDS 2022…

Oct. 26, 2022

PIDS Recognizes David Kimberlin with the 2022 Walter T. Hughes Distinguished Physician Award

Renamed to honor PIDS’ first president, the award is presented to a pediatrician with a distinguished career in pediatric infectious diseases marked by significant contributions in infectious diseases David Kimberlin,…

Member Spotlight: Jessica Snowden

Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT, FPIDS is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Chief of Pediatric Infectious Disease at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She…

Oct. 19, 2022

In The News: National Collaborative Improves Antibiotic Prescribing for Common Pediatric Infections

Healio covers a report on promising results from a national antimicrobial stewardship initiative involving 133 hospitals. The Better Antibiotic Selection in Children (BASiC) project is managed by the American Academy…

Oct. 19, 2022

In The News: For Decades, Fear and Failure in the Hunt for an RSV Vaccine. Now, Success.

The Washington Post reports on the “renaissance” of respiratory syncytial virus vaccine development following its catastrophic beginnings in the 1960s. Included in those ill-fated beginnings were a pair of infant…

Oct. 19, 2022

PIDS Foundation News: Alison Tribble (Recipient)

Alison Tribble, MD, MSCE, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, at the University of Michigan Medical School. She obtained her medical degree at Duke University…

Oct. 5, 2022

President’s Letter from C. Buddy Creech – Quick Observations from Service

I’m on the clinical service this week. Please excuse the brevity of this letter while I simultaneously prepare for our fantastic IDWeek schedule and share these three observations on pediatric…

Oct. 5, 2022

In The News: Surge of Respiratory Illnesses in Children Straining Some Hospitals’ Capacity

ABC News reports on pediatric emergency departments and health systems becoming stressed to capacity by surge in children’s respiratory illnesses, including rhinovirus and enterovirus. The outlet spoke with infectious diseases…

Member Spotlight: Judith Guzman-Cottrill

Nov. 2, 2022

In The News: WHO: TB Deaths, Disease, Treatment Resistance Continued to Increase in 2021

In an article covering the WHO’s 2022 Global TB Report, Healio relays the fight against tuberculosis had nearly a decade of progress negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Declines in…

Nov. 2, 2022

In The News: A ‘Tripledemic’? Flu, R.S.V. and COVID May Collide This Winter, Experts Say

The New York Times reports on an expected collision of respiratory viruses this winter. With few to little restrictions in place for travelling or gathering socially or in schools, experts…

Nov. 1, 2022

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and Stop TB Collaborate to Publish Special JPIDS Supplement on Pediatric Tuberculosis

‘What’s New in Childhood Tuberculosis’ is a nine-article supplement that evaluates the global state of childhood TB and efforts that will reduce morbidity and mortality from TB in children WASHINGTON…

Oct. 28, 2022

Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi Delivers the 2022 Stanley A. Plotkin Lecture in Vaccinology at IDWeek

Award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the field or related science that have impacted children and pediatric infectious diseases Maria Elena Bottazzi, PhD, an internationally recognized…

Oct. 27, 2022

PIDS Distinguished Research Award Presented to Jeffrey Starke at IDWeek 2022

Award recognizes a Society member whose outstanding research efforts have significant impact on pediatric infectious diseases Jeffrey R. Starke, MD, a renowned tuberculosis clinician and investigator, is the PIDS 2022…

Oct. 26, 2022

PIDS Recognizes David Kimberlin with the 2022 Walter T. Hughes Distinguished Physician Award

Renamed to honor PIDS’ first president, the award is presented to a pediatrician with a distinguished career in pediatric infectious diseases marked by significant contributions in infectious diseases David Kimberlin,…

Member Spotlight: Jessica Snowden

Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT, FPIDS is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Chief of Pediatric Infectious Disease at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She…

Oct. 19, 2022

In The News: National Collaborative Improves Antibiotic Prescribing for Common Pediatric Infections

Healio covers a report on promising results from a national antimicrobial stewardship initiative involving 133 hospitals. The Better Antibiotic Selection in Children (BASiC) project is managed by the American Academy…

Oct. 19, 2022

In The News: For Decades, Fear and Failure in the Hunt for an RSV Vaccine. Now, Success.

The Washington Post reports on the “renaissance” of respiratory syncytial virus vaccine development following its catastrophic beginnings in the 1960s. Included in those ill-fated beginnings were a pair of infant…

Oct. 19, 2022

PIDS Foundation News: Alison Tribble (Recipient)

Alison Tribble, MD, MSCE, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, at the University of Michigan Medical School. She obtained her medical degree at Duke University…

Oct. 5, 2022

President’s Letter from C. Buddy Creech – Quick Observations from Service

I’m on the clinical service this week. Please excuse the brevity of this letter while I simultaneously prepare for our fantastic IDWeek schedule and share these three observations on pediatric…

Oct. 5, 2022

In The News: Surge of Respiratory Illnesses in Children Straining Some Hospitals’ Capacity

ABC News reports on pediatric emergency departments and health systems becoming stressed to capacity by surge in children’s respiratory illnesses, including rhinovirus and enterovirus. The outlet spoke with infectious diseases…

In The News: Children’s Health Leaders Call for Emergency Response as Respiratory Viruses Continue to Spread Across the US

Nov. 2, 2022

In The News: WHO: TB Deaths, Disease, Treatment Resistance Continued to Increase in 2021

In an article covering the WHO’s 2022 Global TB Report, Healio relays the fight against tuberculosis had nearly a decade of progress negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Declines in…

Nov. 2, 2022

In The News: A ‘Tripledemic’? Flu, R.S.V. and COVID May Collide This Winter, Experts Say

The New York Times reports on an expected collision of respiratory viruses this winter. With few to little restrictions in place for travelling or gathering socially or in schools, experts…

Nov. 1, 2022

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and Stop TB Collaborate to Publish Special JPIDS Supplement on Pediatric Tuberculosis

‘What’s New in Childhood Tuberculosis’ is a nine-article supplement that evaluates the global state of childhood TB and efforts that will reduce morbidity and mortality from TB in children WASHINGTON…

Oct. 28, 2022

Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi Delivers the 2022 Stanley A. Plotkin Lecture in Vaccinology at IDWeek

Award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the field or related science that have impacted children and pediatric infectious diseases Maria Elena Bottazzi, PhD, an internationally recognized…

Oct. 27, 2022

PIDS Distinguished Research Award Presented to Jeffrey Starke at IDWeek 2022

Award recognizes a Society member whose outstanding research efforts have significant impact on pediatric infectious diseases Jeffrey R. Starke, MD, a renowned tuberculosis clinician and investigator, is the PIDS 2022…

Oct. 26, 2022

PIDS Recognizes David Kimberlin with the 2022 Walter T. Hughes Distinguished Physician Award

Renamed to honor PIDS’ first president, the award is presented to a pediatrician with a distinguished career in pediatric infectious diseases marked by significant contributions in infectious diseases David Kimberlin,…

Member Spotlight: Jessica Snowden

Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT, FPIDS is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Chief of Pediatric Infectious Disease at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She…

Oct. 19, 2022

In The News: National Collaborative Improves Antibiotic Prescribing for Common Pediatric Infections

Healio covers a report on promising results from a national antimicrobial stewardship initiative involving 133 hospitals. The Better Antibiotic Selection in Children (BASiC) project is managed by the American Academy…

Oct. 19, 2022

In The News: For Decades, Fear and Failure in the Hunt for an RSV Vaccine. Now, Success.

The Washington Post reports on the “renaissance” of respiratory syncytial virus vaccine development following its catastrophic beginnings in the 1960s. Included in those ill-fated beginnings were a pair of infant…

Oct. 19, 2022

PIDS Foundation News: Alison Tribble (Recipient)

Alison Tribble, MD, MSCE, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, at the University of Michigan Medical School. She obtained her medical degree at Duke University…

Oct. 5, 2022

President’s Letter from C. Buddy Creech – Quick Observations from Service

I’m on the clinical service this week. Please excuse the brevity of this letter while I simultaneously prepare for our fantastic IDWeek schedule and share these three observations on pediatric…

Oct. 5, 2022

In The News: Surge of Respiratory Illnesses in Children Straining Some Hospitals’ Capacity

ABC News reports on pediatric emergency departments and health systems becoming stressed to capacity by surge in children’s respiratory illnesses, including rhinovirus and enterovirus. The outlet spoke with infectious diseases…

In The News: In a Year It Was Supposed to Flare, Polio-Like Syndrome in Kids Doesn’t, Adding to Mystery

Nov. 2, 2022

In The News: WHO: TB Deaths, Disease, Treatment Resistance Continued to Increase in 2021

In an article covering the WHO’s 2022 Global TB Report, Healio relays the fight against tuberculosis had nearly a decade of progress negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Declines in…

Nov. 2, 2022

In The News: A ‘Tripledemic’? Flu, R.S.V. and COVID May Collide This Winter, Experts Say

The New York Times reports on an expected collision of respiratory viruses this winter. With few to little restrictions in place for travelling or gathering socially or in schools, experts…

Nov. 1, 2022

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and Stop TB Collaborate to Publish Special JPIDS Supplement on Pediatric Tuberculosis

‘What’s New in Childhood Tuberculosis’ is a nine-article supplement that evaluates the global state of childhood TB and efforts that will reduce morbidity and mortality from TB in children WASHINGTON…

Oct. 28, 2022

Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi Delivers the 2022 Stanley A. Plotkin Lecture in Vaccinology at IDWeek

Award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the field or related science that have impacted children and pediatric infectious diseases Maria Elena Bottazzi, PhD, an internationally recognized…

Oct. 27, 2022

PIDS Distinguished Research Award Presented to Jeffrey Starke at IDWeek 2022

Award recognizes a Society member whose outstanding research efforts have significant impact on pediatric infectious diseases Jeffrey R. Starke, MD, a renowned tuberculosis clinician and investigator, is the PIDS 2022…

Oct. 26, 2022

PIDS Recognizes David Kimberlin with the 2022 Walter T. Hughes Distinguished Physician Award

Renamed to honor PIDS’ first president, the award is presented to a pediatrician with a distinguished career in pediatric infectious diseases marked by significant contributions in infectious diseases David Kimberlin,…

Member Spotlight: Jessica Snowden

Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT, FPIDS is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Chief of Pediatric Infectious Disease at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She…

Oct. 19, 2022

In The News: National Collaborative Improves Antibiotic Prescribing for Common Pediatric Infections

Healio covers a report on promising results from a national antimicrobial stewardship initiative involving 133 hospitals. The Better Antibiotic Selection in Children (BASiC) project is managed by the American Academy…

Oct. 19, 2022

In The News: For Decades, Fear and Failure in the Hunt for an RSV Vaccine. Now, Success.

The Washington Post reports on the “renaissance” of respiratory syncytial virus vaccine development following its catastrophic beginnings in the 1960s. Included in those ill-fated beginnings were a pair of infant…

Oct. 19, 2022

PIDS Foundation News: Alison Tribble (Recipient)

Alison Tribble, MD, MSCE, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, at the University of Michigan Medical School. She obtained her medical degree at Duke University…

Oct. 5, 2022

President’s Letter from C. Buddy Creech – Quick Observations from Service

I’m on the clinical service this week. Please excuse the brevity of this letter while I simultaneously prepare for our fantastic IDWeek schedule and share these three observations on pediatric…

Oct. 5, 2022

In The News: Surge of Respiratory Illnesses in Children Straining Some Hospitals’ Capacity

ABC News reports on pediatric emergency departments and health systems becoming stressed to capacity by surge in children’s respiratory illnesses, including rhinovirus and enterovirus. The outlet spoke with infectious diseases…

PIDS Foundation News: Chandy John (Donor)

Nov. 2, 2022

In The News: WHO: TB Deaths, Disease, Treatment Resistance Continued to Increase in 2021

In an article covering the WHO’s 2022 Global TB Report, Healio relays the fight against tuberculosis had nearly a decade of progress negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Declines in…

Nov. 2, 2022

In The News: A ‘Tripledemic’? Flu, R.S.V. and COVID May Collide This Winter, Experts Say

The New York Times reports on an expected collision of respiratory viruses this winter. With few to little restrictions in place for travelling or gathering socially or in schools, experts…

Nov. 1, 2022

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and Stop TB Collaborate to Publish Special JPIDS Supplement on Pediatric Tuberculosis

‘What’s New in Childhood Tuberculosis’ is a nine-article supplement that evaluates the global state of childhood TB and efforts that will reduce morbidity and mortality from TB in children WASHINGTON…

Oct. 28, 2022

Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi Delivers the 2022 Stanley A. Plotkin Lecture in Vaccinology at IDWeek

Award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the field or related science that have impacted children and pediatric infectious diseases Maria Elena Bottazzi, PhD, an internationally recognized…

Oct. 27, 2022

PIDS Distinguished Research Award Presented to Jeffrey Starke at IDWeek 2022

Award recognizes a Society member whose outstanding research efforts have significant impact on pediatric infectious diseases Jeffrey R. Starke, MD, a renowned tuberculosis clinician and investigator, is the PIDS 2022…

Oct. 26, 2022

PIDS Recognizes David Kimberlin with the 2022 Walter T. Hughes Distinguished Physician Award

Renamed to honor PIDS’ first president, the award is presented to a pediatrician with a distinguished career in pediatric infectious diseases marked by significant contributions in infectious diseases David Kimberlin,…

Member Spotlight: Jessica Snowden

Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT, FPIDS is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Chief of Pediatric Infectious Disease at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She…

Oct. 19, 2022

In The News: National Collaborative Improves Antibiotic Prescribing for Common Pediatric Infections

Healio covers a report on promising results from a national antimicrobial stewardship initiative involving 133 hospitals. The Better Antibiotic Selection in Children (BASiC) project is managed by the American Academy…

Oct. 19, 2022

In The News: For Decades, Fear and Failure in the Hunt for an RSV Vaccine. Now, Success.

The Washington Post reports on the “renaissance” of respiratory syncytial virus vaccine development following its catastrophic beginnings in the 1960s. Included in those ill-fated beginnings were a pair of infant…

Oct. 19, 2022

PIDS Foundation News: Alison Tribble (Recipient)

Alison Tribble, MD, MSCE, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, at the University of Michigan Medical School. She obtained her medical degree at Duke University…

Oct. 5, 2022

President’s Letter from C. Buddy Creech – Quick Observations from Service

I’m on the clinical service this week. Please excuse the brevity of this letter while I simultaneously prepare for our fantastic IDWeek schedule and share these three observations on pediatric…

Oct. 5, 2022

In The News: Surge of Respiratory Illnesses in Children Straining Some Hospitals’ Capacity

ABC News reports on pediatric emergency departments and health systems becoming stressed to capacity by surge in children’s respiratory illnesses, including rhinovirus and enterovirus. The outlet spoke with infectious diseases…

Dr. Anne Rowley Recognized With 2022 Caroline B. Hall Lectureship Award

Nov. 2, 2022

In The News: WHO: TB Deaths, Disease, Treatment Resistance Continued to Increase in 2021

In an article covering the WHO’s 2022 Global TB Report, Healio relays the fight against tuberculosis had nearly a decade of progress negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Declines in…

Nov. 2, 2022

In The News: A ‘Tripledemic’? Flu, R.S.V. and COVID May Collide This Winter, Experts Say

The New York Times reports on an expected collision of respiratory viruses this winter. With few to little restrictions in place for travelling or gathering socially or in schools, experts…

Nov. 1, 2022

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and Stop TB Collaborate to Publish Special JPIDS Supplement on Pediatric Tuberculosis

‘What’s New in Childhood Tuberculosis’ is a nine-article supplement that evaluates the global state of childhood TB and efforts that will reduce morbidity and mortality from TB in children WASHINGTON…

Oct. 28, 2022

Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi Delivers the 2022 Stanley A. Plotkin Lecture in Vaccinology at IDWeek

Award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the field or related science that have impacted children and pediatric infectious diseases Maria Elena Bottazzi, PhD, an internationally recognized…

Oct. 27, 2022

PIDS Distinguished Research Award Presented to Jeffrey Starke at IDWeek 2022

Award recognizes a Society member whose outstanding research efforts have significant impact on pediatric infectious diseases Jeffrey R. Starke, MD, a renowned tuberculosis clinician and investigator, is the PIDS 2022…

Oct. 26, 2022

PIDS Recognizes David Kimberlin with the 2022 Walter T. Hughes Distinguished Physician Award

Renamed to honor PIDS’ first president, the award is presented to a pediatrician with a distinguished career in pediatric infectious diseases marked by significant contributions in infectious diseases David Kimberlin,…

Member Spotlight: Jessica Snowden

Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT, FPIDS is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Chief of Pediatric Infectious Disease at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She…

Oct. 19, 2022

In The News: National Collaborative Improves Antibiotic Prescribing for Common Pediatric Infections

Healio covers a report on promising results from a national antimicrobial stewardship initiative involving 133 hospitals. The Better Antibiotic Selection in Children (BASiC) project is managed by the American Academy…

Oct. 19, 2022

In The News: For Decades, Fear and Failure in the Hunt for an RSV Vaccine. Now, Success.

The Washington Post reports on the “renaissance” of respiratory syncytial virus vaccine development following its catastrophic beginnings in the 1960s. Included in those ill-fated beginnings were a pair of infant…

Oct. 19, 2022

PIDS Foundation News: Alison Tribble (Recipient)

Alison Tribble, MD, MSCE, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, at the University of Michigan Medical School. She obtained her medical degree at Duke University…

Oct. 5, 2022

President’s Letter from C. Buddy Creech – Quick Observations from Service

I’m on the clinical service this week. Please excuse the brevity of this letter while I simultaneously prepare for our fantastic IDWeek schedule and share these three observations on pediatric…

Oct. 5, 2022

In The News: Surge of Respiratory Illnesses in Children Straining Some Hospitals’ Capacity

ABC News reports on pediatric emergency departments and health systems becoming stressed to capacity by surge in children’s respiratory illnesses, including rhinovirus and enterovirus. The outlet spoke with infectious diseases…

2022 Hall Award for Clinically Innovative Research Paper Presented to Dr. Matthew Vogt

Nov. 2, 2022

In The News: WHO: TB Deaths, Disease, Treatment Resistance Continued to Increase in 2021

In an article covering the WHO’s 2022 Global TB Report, Healio relays the fight against tuberculosis had nearly a decade of progress negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Declines in…

Nov. 2, 2022

In The News: A ‘Tripledemic’? Flu, R.S.V. and COVID May Collide This Winter, Experts Say

The New York Times reports on an expected collision of respiratory viruses this winter. With few to little restrictions in place for travelling or gathering socially or in schools, experts…

Nov. 1, 2022

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and Stop TB Collaborate to Publish Special JPIDS Supplement on Pediatric Tuberculosis

‘What’s New in Childhood Tuberculosis’ is a nine-article supplement that evaluates the global state of childhood TB and efforts that will reduce morbidity and mortality from TB in children WASHINGTON…

Oct. 28, 2022

Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi Delivers the 2022 Stanley A. Plotkin Lecture in Vaccinology at IDWeek

Award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the field or related science that have impacted children and pediatric infectious diseases Maria Elena Bottazzi, PhD, an internationally recognized…

Oct. 27, 2022

PIDS Distinguished Research Award Presented to Jeffrey Starke at IDWeek 2022

Award recognizes a Society member whose outstanding research efforts have significant impact on pediatric infectious diseases Jeffrey R. Starke, MD, a renowned tuberculosis clinician and investigator, is the PIDS 2022…

Oct. 26, 2022

PIDS Recognizes David Kimberlin with the 2022 Walter T. Hughes Distinguished Physician Award

Renamed to honor PIDS’ first president, the award is presented to a pediatrician with a distinguished career in pediatric infectious diseases marked by significant contributions in infectious diseases David Kimberlin,…

Member Spotlight: Jessica Snowden

Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT, FPIDS is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Chief of Pediatric Infectious Disease at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She…

Oct. 19, 2022

In The News: National Collaborative Improves Antibiotic Prescribing for Common Pediatric Infections

Healio covers a report on promising results from a national antimicrobial stewardship initiative involving 133 hospitals. The Better Antibiotic Selection in Children (BASiC) project is managed by the American Academy…

Oct. 19, 2022

In The News: For Decades, Fear and Failure in the Hunt for an RSV Vaccine. Now, Success.

The Washington Post reports on the “renaissance” of respiratory syncytial virus vaccine development following its catastrophic beginnings in the 1960s. Included in those ill-fated beginnings were a pair of infant…

Oct. 19, 2022

PIDS Foundation News: Alison Tribble (Recipient)

Alison Tribble, MD, MSCE, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, at the University of Michigan Medical School. She obtained her medical degree at Duke University…

Oct. 5, 2022

President’s Letter from C. Buddy Creech – Quick Observations from Service

I’m on the clinical service this week. Please excuse the brevity of this letter while I simultaneously prepare for our fantastic IDWeek schedule and share these three observations on pediatric…

Oct. 5, 2022

In The News: Surge of Respiratory Illnesses in Children Straining Some Hospitals’ Capacity

ABC News reports on pediatric emergency departments and health systems becoming stressed to capacity by surge in children’s respiratory illnesses, including rhinovirus and enterovirus. The outlet spoke with infectious diseases…

President’s Letter from C. Buddy Creech – IDWeek Reflections and Growth Aspirations

Nov. 2, 2022

In The News: WHO: TB Deaths, Disease, Treatment Resistance Continued to Increase in 2021

In an article covering the WHO’s 2022 Global TB Report, Healio relays the fight against tuberculosis had nearly a decade of progress negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Declines in…

Nov. 2, 2022

In The News: A ‘Tripledemic’? Flu, R.S.V. and COVID May Collide This Winter, Experts Say

The New York Times reports on an expected collision of respiratory viruses this winter. With few to little restrictions in place for travelling or gathering socially or in schools, experts…

Nov. 1, 2022

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and Stop TB Collaborate to Publish Special JPIDS Supplement on Pediatric Tuberculosis

‘What’s New in Childhood Tuberculosis’ is a nine-article supplement that evaluates the global state of childhood TB and efforts that will reduce morbidity and mortality from TB in children WASHINGTON…

Oct. 28, 2022

Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi Delivers the 2022 Stanley A. Plotkin Lecture in Vaccinology at IDWeek

Award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the field or related science that have impacted children and pediatric infectious diseases Maria Elena Bottazzi, PhD, an internationally recognized…

Oct. 27, 2022

PIDS Distinguished Research Award Presented to Jeffrey Starke at IDWeek 2022

Award recognizes a Society member whose outstanding research efforts have significant impact on pediatric infectious diseases Jeffrey R. Starke, MD, a renowned tuberculosis clinician and investigator, is the PIDS 2022…

Oct. 26, 2022

PIDS Recognizes David Kimberlin with the 2022 Walter T. Hughes Distinguished Physician Award

Renamed to honor PIDS’ first president, the award is presented to a pediatrician with a distinguished career in pediatric infectious diseases marked by significant contributions in infectious diseases David Kimberlin,…

Member Spotlight: Jessica Snowden

Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT, FPIDS is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Chief of Pediatric Infectious Disease at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She…

Oct. 19, 2022

In The News: National Collaborative Improves Antibiotic Prescribing for Common Pediatric Infections

Healio covers a report on promising results from a national antimicrobial stewardship initiative involving 133 hospitals. The Better Antibiotic Selection in Children (BASiC) project is managed by the American Academy…

Oct. 19, 2022

In The News: For Decades, Fear and Failure in the Hunt for an RSV Vaccine. Now, Success.

The Washington Post reports on the “renaissance” of respiratory syncytial virus vaccine development following its catastrophic beginnings in the 1960s. Included in those ill-fated beginnings were a pair of infant…

Oct. 19, 2022

PIDS Foundation News: Alison Tribble (Recipient)

Alison Tribble, MD, MSCE, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, at the University of Michigan Medical School. She obtained her medical degree at Duke University…

Oct. 5, 2022

President’s Letter from C. Buddy Creech – Quick Observations from Service

I’m on the clinical service this week. Please excuse the brevity of this letter while I simultaneously prepare for our fantastic IDWeek schedule and share these three observations on pediatric…

Oct. 5, 2022

In The News: Surge of Respiratory Illnesses in Children Straining Some Hospitals’ Capacity

ABC News reports on pediatric emergency departments and health systems becoming stressed to capacity by surge in children’s respiratory illnesses, including rhinovirus and enterovirus. The outlet spoke with infectious diseases…

In The News: WHO: TB Deaths, Disease, Treatment Resistance Continued to Increase in 2021

Nov. 2, 2022

In The News: WHO: TB Deaths, Disease, Treatment Resistance Continued to Increase in 2021

In an article covering the WHO’s 2022 Global TB Report, Healio relays the fight against tuberculosis had nearly a decade of progress negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Declines in…

Nov. 2, 2022

In The News: A ‘Tripledemic’? Flu, R.S.V. and COVID May Collide This Winter, Experts Say

The New York Times reports on an expected collision of respiratory viruses this winter. With few to little restrictions in place for travelling or gathering socially or in schools, experts…

Nov. 1, 2022

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and Stop TB Collaborate to Publish Special JPIDS Supplement on Pediatric Tuberculosis

‘What’s New in Childhood Tuberculosis’ is a nine-article supplement that evaluates the global state of childhood TB and efforts that will reduce morbidity and mortality from TB in children WASHINGTON…

Oct. 28, 2022

Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi Delivers the 2022 Stanley A. Plotkin Lecture in Vaccinology at IDWeek

Award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the field or related science that have impacted children and pediatric infectious diseases Maria Elena Bottazzi, PhD, an internationally recognized…

Oct. 27, 2022

PIDS Distinguished Research Award Presented to Jeffrey Starke at IDWeek 2022

Award recognizes a Society member whose outstanding research efforts have significant impact on pediatric infectious diseases Jeffrey R. Starke, MD, a renowned tuberculosis clinician and investigator, is the PIDS 2022…

Oct. 26, 2022

PIDS Recognizes David Kimberlin with the 2022 Walter T. Hughes Distinguished Physician Award

Renamed to honor PIDS’ first president, the award is presented to a pediatrician with a distinguished career in pediatric infectious diseases marked by significant contributions in infectious diseases David Kimberlin,…

Member Spotlight: Jessica Snowden

Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT, FPIDS is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Chief of Pediatric Infectious Disease at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She…

Oct. 19, 2022

In The News: National Collaborative Improves Antibiotic Prescribing for Common Pediatric Infections

Healio covers a report on promising results from a national antimicrobial stewardship initiative involving 133 hospitals. The Better Antibiotic Selection in Children (BASiC) project is managed by the American Academy…

Oct. 19, 2022

In The News: For Decades, Fear and Failure in the Hunt for an RSV Vaccine. Now, Success.

The Washington Post reports on the “renaissance” of respiratory syncytial virus vaccine development following its catastrophic beginnings in the 1960s. Included in those ill-fated beginnings were a pair of infant…

Oct. 19, 2022

PIDS Foundation News: Alison Tribble (Recipient)

Alison Tribble, MD, MSCE, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, at the University of Michigan Medical School. She obtained her medical degree at Duke University…

Oct. 5, 2022

President’s Letter from C. Buddy Creech – Quick Observations from Service

I’m on the clinical service this week. Please excuse the brevity of this letter while I simultaneously prepare for our fantastic IDWeek schedule and share these three observations on pediatric…

Oct. 5, 2022

In The News: Surge of Respiratory Illnesses in Children Straining Some Hospitals’ Capacity

ABC News reports on pediatric emergency departments and health systems becoming stressed to capacity by surge in children’s respiratory illnesses, including rhinovirus and enterovirus. The outlet spoke with infectious diseases…

In The News: A ‘Tripledemic’? Flu, R.S.V. and COVID May Collide This Winter, Experts Say

Nov. 2, 2022

In The News: WHO: TB Deaths, Disease, Treatment Resistance Continued to Increase in 2021

In an article covering the WHO’s 2022 Global TB Report, Healio relays the fight against tuberculosis had nearly a decade of progress negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Declines in…

Nov. 2, 2022

In The News: A ‘Tripledemic’? Flu, R.S.V. and COVID May Collide This Winter, Experts Say

The New York Times reports on an expected collision of respiratory viruses this winter. With few to little restrictions in place for travelling or gathering socially or in schools, experts…

Nov. 1, 2022

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and Stop TB Collaborate to Publish Special JPIDS Supplement on Pediatric Tuberculosis

‘What’s New in Childhood Tuberculosis’ is a nine-article supplement that evaluates the global state of childhood TB and efforts that will reduce morbidity and mortality from TB in children WASHINGTON…

Oct. 28, 2022

Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi Delivers the 2022 Stanley A. Plotkin Lecture in Vaccinology at IDWeek

Award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the field or related science that have impacted children and pediatric infectious diseases Maria Elena Bottazzi, PhD, an internationally recognized…

Oct. 27, 2022

PIDS Distinguished Research Award Presented to Jeffrey Starke at IDWeek 2022

Award recognizes a Society member whose outstanding research efforts have significant impact on pediatric infectious diseases Jeffrey R. Starke, MD, a renowned tuberculosis clinician and investigator, is the PIDS 2022…

Oct. 26, 2022

PIDS Recognizes David Kimberlin with the 2022 Walter T. Hughes Distinguished Physician Award

Renamed to honor PIDS’ first president, the award is presented to a pediatrician with a distinguished career in pediatric infectious diseases marked by significant contributions in infectious diseases David Kimberlin,…

Member Spotlight: Jessica Snowden

Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT, FPIDS is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Chief of Pediatric Infectious Disease at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She…

Oct. 19, 2022

In The News: National Collaborative Improves Antibiotic Prescribing for Common Pediatric Infections

Healio covers a report on promising results from a national antimicrobial stewardship initiative involving 133 hospitals. The Better Antibiotic Selection in Children (BASiC) project is managed by the American Academy…

Oct. 19, 2022

In The News: For Decades, Fear and Failure in the Hunt for an RSV Vaccine. Now, Success.

The Washington Post reports on the “renaissance” of respiratory syncytial virus vaccine development following its catastrophic beginnings in the 1960s. Included in those ill-fated beginnings were a pair of infant…

Oct. 19, 2022

PIDS Foundation News: Alison Tribble (Recipient)

Alison Tribble, MD, MSCE, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, at the University of Michigan Medical School. She obtained her medical degree at Duke University…

Oct. 5, 2022

President’s Letter from C. Buddy Creech – Quick Observations from Service

I’m on the clinical service this week. Please excuse the brevity of this letter while I simultaneously prepare for our fantastic IDWeek schedule and share these three observations on pediatric…

Oct. 5, 2022

In The News: Surge of Respiratory Illnesses in Children Straining Some Hospitals’ Capacity

ABC News reports on pediatric emergency departments and health systems becoming stressed to capacity by surge in children’s respiratory illnesses, including rhinovirus and enterovirus. The outlet spoke with infectious diseases…

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