President’s Letter from Dr. Kris Bryant

Aug. 29, 2025

In Wake of CDC Turmoil, PIDS Calls for Public Health to Be Led By Science, Not Ideology

The firing of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, and the related, subsequent resignations of four top CDC leaders, for reportedly refusing to be a rubber stamp on…

Aug. 27, 2025

FDA’s Label Change to COVID-19 Vaccines Runs Counter to the Scientific Evidence

Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changed the labelling of COVID-19 vaccines in a manner that runs counter to the immense scientific evidence over multiple years we across the…

Aug. 27, 2025

Member Spotlight: Andrea Green Hines

Andrea Green Hines, MD, FPIDS, is Associate Professor, Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases at University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). She also serves as Medical Director for the Children’s Nebraska…

Aug. 13, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Society Decision-Making

Our Society numbers greater than 2,700 members, at more than 500 institutions, across the country and around the world. Deciding where and when to speak using that larger Society voice…

Jul. 30, 2025

Member Spotlight: Monica Ardura

Monica I. Ardura, DO, MSCS, FPIDS, is Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Medical Director of the Host Defense Program and Section Chief of the…

Jul. 2, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Reflections on ACIP Meeting

Last week the new, inexpert Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices hosted its first meeting. Prior to that debacle, the American Academy of Pediatrics and PIDS aligned in withholding our formal…

Jun. 26, 2025

PIDS Fears of Politicized ACIP Materialized

“The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is intended to provide “expert advice” on federal immunization policy. That is how the committee operated prior to the extraordinary firings earlier this…

Jun. 18, 2025

Member Spotlight: Leena Mithal

Leena B. Mithal, MD, MSCI, FPIDS is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She is…

Jun. 10, 2025

PIDS Deeply Troubled By Disregard for Science in ACIP Firings

“The announced removal by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of all 17 currently seated members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) in the stated interest of restoring public…

Jun. 5, 2025

PIDS Statement on Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for Children

The Secretary of Health and Human Services stated on May 27 that the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and pregnant individuals would be removed from the CDC recommended vaccine schedule….

Jun. 4, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Comprehensive Peds ID FTE Workload and Compensation

One major, achievable goal for our Society is to accurately document the myriad clinical activities we do in our specialty and then advocate for appropriate compensation. We are not pushing…

May. 21, 2025

Member Spotlight: Matthew Kelly

Matthew Kelly, MD, MPH, is Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Arkansas Children’s and the Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research in the Department of Pediatrics at…

St. Jude/PIDS Conference Featured Speaker: Dr. Bonnie Bassler

Aug. 29, 2025

In Wake of CDC Turmoil, PIDS Calls for Public Health to Be Led By Science, Not Ideology

The firing of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, and the related, subsequent resignations of four top CDC leaders, for reportedly refusing to be a rubber stamp on…

Aug. 27, 2025

FDA’s Label Change to COVID-19 Vaccines Runs Counter to the Scientific Evidence

Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changed the labelling of COVID-19 vaccines in a manner that runs counter to the immense scientific evidence over multiple years we across the…

Aug. 27, 2025

Member Spotlight: Andrea Green Hines

Andrea Green Hines, MD, FPIDS, is Associate Professor, Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases at University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). She also serves as Medical Director for the Children’s Nebraska…

Aug. 13, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Society Decision-Making

Our Society numbers greater than 2,700 members, at more than 500 institutions, across the country and around the world. Deciding where and when to speak using that larger Society voice…

Jul. 30, 2025

Member Spotlight: Monica Ardura

Monica I. Ardura, DO, MSCS, FPIDS, is Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Medical Director of the Host Defense Program and Section Chief of the…

Jul. 2, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Reflections on ACIP Meeting

Last week the new, inexpert Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices hosted its first meeting. Prior to that debacle, the American Academy of Pediatrics and PIDS aligned in withholding our formal…

Jun. 26, 2025

PIDS Fears of Politicized ACIP Materialized

“The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is intended to provide “expert advice” on federal immunization policy. That is how the committee operated prior to the extraordinary firings earlier this…

Jun. 18, 2025

Member Spotlight: Leena Mithal

Leena B. Mithal, MD, MSCI, FPIDS is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She is…

Jun. 10, 2025

PIDS Deeply Troubled By Disregard for Science in ACIP Firings

“The announced removal by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of all 17 currently seated members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) in the stated interest of restoring public…

Jun. 5, 2025

PIDS Statement on Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for Children

The Secretary of Health and Human Services stated on May 27 that the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and pregnant individuals would be removed from the CDC recommended vaccine schedule….

Jun. 4, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Comprehensive Peds ID FTE Workload and Compensation

One major, achievable goal for our Society is to accurately document the myriad clinical activities we do in our specialty and then advocate for appropriate compensation. We are not pushing…

May. 21, 2025

Member Spotlight: Matthew Kelly

Matthew Kelly, MD, MPH, is Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Arkansas Children’s and the Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research in the Department of Pediatrics at…

A Tribute to Dr. Jerome O. Klein

Aug. 29, 2025

In Wake of CDC Turmoil, PIDS Calls for Public Health to Be Led By Science, Not Ideology

The firing of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, and the related, subsequent resignations of four top CDC leaders, for reportedly refusing to be a rubber stamp on…

Aug. 27, 2025

FDA’s Label Change to COVID-19 Vaccines Runs Counter to the Scientific Evidence

Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changed the labelling of COVID-19 vaccines in a manner that runs counter to the immense scientific evidence over multiple years we across the…

Aug. 27, 2025

Member Spotlight: Andrea Green Hines

Andrea Green Hines, MD, FPIDS, is Associate Professor, Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases at University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). She also serves as Medical Director for the Children’s Nebraska…

Aug. 13, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Society Decision-Making

Our Society numbers greater than 2,700 members, at more than 500 institutions, across the country and around the world. Deciding where and when to speak using that larger Society voice…

Jul. 30, 2025

Member Spotlight: Monica Ardura

Monica I. Ardura, DO, MSCS, FPIDS, is Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Medical Director of the Host Defense Program and Section Chief of the…

Jul. 2, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Reflections on ACIP Meeting

Last week the new, inexpert Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices hosted its first meeting. Prior to that debacle, the American Academy of Pediatrics and PIDS aligned in withholding our formal…

Jun. 26, 2025

PIDS Fears of Politicized ACIP Materialized

“The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is intended to provide “expert advice” on federal immunization policy. That is how the committee operated prior to the extraordinary firings earlier this…

Jun. 18, 2025

Member Spotlight: Leena Mithal

Leena B. Mithal, MD, MSCI, FPIDS is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She is…

Jun. 10, 2025

PIDS Deeply Troubled By Disregard for Science in ACIP Firings

“The announced removal by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of all 17 currently seated members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) in the stated interest of restoring public…

Jun. 5, 2025

PIDS Statement on Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for Children

The Secretary of Health and Human Services stated on May 27 that the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and pregnant individuals would be removed from the CDC recommended vaccine schedule….

Jun. 4, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Comprehensive Peds ID FTE Workload and Compensation

One major, achievable goal for our Society is to accurately document the myriad clinical activities we do in our specialty and then advocate for appropriate compensation. We are not pushing…

May. 21, 2025

Member Spotlight: Matthew Kelly

Matthew Kelly, MD, MPH, is Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Arkansas Children’s and the Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research in the Department of Pediatrics at…

Committee Update: Research Affairs

Aug. 29, 2025

In Wake of CDC Turmoil, PIDS Calls for Public Health to Be Led By Science, Not Ideology

The firing of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, and the related, subsequent resignations of four top CDC leaders, for reportedly refusing to be a rubber stamp on…

Aug. 27, 2025

FDA’s Label Change to COVID-19 Vaccines Runs Counter to the Scientific Evidence

Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changed the labelling of COVID-19 vaccines in a manner that runs counter to the immense scientific evidence over multiple years we across the…

Aug. 27, 2025

Member Spotlight: Andrea Green Hines

Andrea Green Hines, MD, FPIDS, is Associate Professor, Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases at University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). She also serves as Medical Director for the Children’s Nebraska…

Aug. 13, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Society Decision-Making

Our Society numbers greater than 2,700 members, at more than 500 institutions, across the country and around the world. Deciding where and when to speak using that larger Society voice…

Jul. 30, 2025

Member Spotlight: Monica Ardura

Monica I. Ardura, DO, MSCS, FPIDS, is Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Medical Director of the Host Defense Program and Section Chief of the…

Jul. 2, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Reflections on ACIP Meeting

Last week the new, inexpert Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices hosted its first meeting. Prior to that debacle, the American Academy of Pediatrics and PIDS aligned in withholding our formal…

Jun. 26, 2025

PIDS Fears of Politicized ACIP Materialized

“The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is intended to provide “expert advice” on federal immunization policy. That is how the committee operated prior to the extraordinary firings earlier this…

Jun. 18, 2025

Member Spotlight: Leena Mithal

Leena B. Mithal, MD, MSCI, FPIDS is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She is…

Jun. 10, 2025

PIDS Deeply Troubled By Disregard for Science in ACIP Firings

“The announced removal by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of all 17 currently seated members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) in the stated interest of restoring public…

Jun. 5, 2025

PIDS Statement on Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for Children

The Secretary of Health and Human Services stated on May 27 that the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and pregnant individuals would be removed from the CDC recommended vaccine schedule….

Jun. 4, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Comprehensive Peds ID FTE Workload and Compensation

One major, achievable goal for our Society is to accurately document the myriad clinical activities we do in our specialty and then advocate for appropriate compensation. We are not pushing…

May. 21, 2025

Member Spotlight: Matthew Kelly

Matthew Kelly, MD, MPH, is Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Arkansas Children’s and the Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research in the Department of Pediatrics at…

Member Spotlight: Dr. Bethany Wattles

Aug. 29, 2025

In Wake of CDC Turmoil, PIDS Calls for Public Health to Be Led By Science, Not Ideology

The firing of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, and the related, subsequent resignations of four top CDC leaders, for reportedly refusing to be a rubber stamp on…

Aug. 27, 2025

FDA’s Label Change to COVID-19 Vaccines Runs Counter to the Scientific Evidence

Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changed the labelling of COVID-19 vaccines in a manner that runs counter to the immense scientific evidence over multiple years we across the…

Aug. 27, 2025

Member Spotlight: Andrea Green Hines

Andrea Green Hines, MD, FPIDS, is Associate Professor, Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases at University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). She also serves as Medical Director for the Children’s Nebraska…

Aug. 13, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Society Decision-Making

Our Society numbers greater than 2,700 members, at more than 500 institutions, across the country and around the world. Deciding where and when to speak using that larger Society voice…

Jul. 30, 2025

Member Spotlight: Monica Ardura

Monica I. Ardura, DO, MSCS, FPIDS, is Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Medical Director of the Host Defense Program and Section Chief of the…

Jul. 2, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Reflections on ACIP Meeting

Last week the new, inexpert Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices hosted its first meeting. Prior to that debacle, the American Academy of Pediatrics and PIDS aligned in withholding our formal…

Jun. 26, 2025

PIDS Fears of Politicized ACIP Materialized

“The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is intended to provide “expert advice” on federal immunization policy. That is how the committee operated prior to the extraordinary firings earlier this…

Jun. 18, 2025

Member Spotlight: Leena Mithal

Leena B. Mithal, MD, MSCI, FPIDS is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She is…

Jun. 10, 2025

PIDS Deeply Troubled By Disregard for Science in ACIP Firings

“The announced removal by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of all 17 currently seated members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) in the stated interest of restoring public…

Jun. 5, 2025

PIDS Statement on Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for Children

The Secretary of Health and Human Services stated on May 27 that the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and pregnant individuals would be removed from the CDC recommended vaccine schedule….

Jun. 4, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Comprehensive Peds ID FTE Workload and Compensation

One major, achievable goal for our Society is to accurately document the myriad clinical activities we do in our specialty and then advocate for appropriate compensation. We are not pushing…

May. 21, 2025

Member Spotlight: Matthew Kelly

Matthew Kelly, MD, MPH, is Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Arkansas Children’s and the Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research in the Department of Pediatrics at…

Update on J-1 Visa Proposed Rule Change

Aug. 29, 2025

In Wake of CDC Turmoil, PIDS Calls for Public Health to Be Led By Science, Not Ideology

The firing of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, and the related, subsequent resignations of four top CDC leaders, for reportedly refusing to be a rubber stamp on…

Aug. 27, 2025

FDA’s Label Change to COVID-19 Vaccines Runs Counter to the Scientific Evidence

Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changed the labelling of COVID-19 vaccines in a manner that runs counter to the immense scientific evidence over multiple years we across the…

Aug. 27, 2025

Member Spotlight: Andrea Green Hines

Andrea Green Hines, MD, FPIDS, is Associate Professor, Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases at University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). She also serves as Medical Director for the Children’s Nebraska…

Aug. 13, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Society Decision-Making

Our Society numbers greater than 2,700 members, at more than 500 institutions, across the country and around the world. Deciding where and when to speak using that larger Society voice…

Jul. 30, 2025

Member Spotlight: Monica Ardura

Monica I. Ardura, DO, MSCS, FPIDS, is Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Medical Director of the Host Defense Program and Section Chief of the…

Jul. 2, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Reflections on ACIP Meeting

Last week the new, inexpert Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices hosted its first meeting. Prior to that debacle, the American Academy of Pediatrics and PIDS aligned in withholding our formal…

Jun. 26, 2025

PIDS Fears of Politicized ACIP Materialized

“The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is intended to provide “expert advice” on federal immunization policy. That is how the committee operated prior to the extraordinary firings earlier this…

Jun. 18, 2025

Member Spotlight: Leena Mithal

Leena B. Mithal, MD, MSCI, FPIDS is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She is…

Jun. 10, 2025

PIDS Deeply Troubled By Disregard for Science in ACIP Firings

“The announced removal by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of all 17 currently seated members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) in the stated interest of restoring public…

Jun. 5, 2025

PIDS Statement on Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for Children

The Secretary of Health and Human Services stated on May 27 that the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and pregnant individuals would be removed from the CDC recommended vaccine schedule….

Jun. 4, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Comprehensive Peds ID FTE Workload and Compensation

One major, achievable goal for our Society is to accurately document the myriad clinical activities we do in our specialty and then advocate for appropriate compensation. We are not pushing…

May. 21, 2025

Member Spotlight: Matthew Kelly

Matthew Kelly, MD, MPH, is Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Arkansas Children’s and the Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research in the Department of Pediatrics at…

New PIDS Vice Chair-Elect on the IDWeek Planning Committee

Aug. 29, 2025

In Wake of CDC Turmoil, PIDS Calls for Public Health to Be Led By Science, Not Ideology

The firing of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, and the related, subsequent resignations of four top CDC leaders, for reportedly refusing to be a rubber stamp on…

Aug. 27, 2025

FDA’s Label Change to COVID-19 Vaccines Runs Counter to the Scientific Evidence

Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changed the labelling of COVID-19 vaccines in a manner that runs counter to the immense scientific evidence over multiple years we across the…

Aug. 27, 2025

Member Spotlight: Andrea Green Hines

Andrea Green Hines, MD, FPIDS, is Associate Professor, Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases at University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). She also serves as Medical Director for the Children’s Nebraska…

Aug. 13, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Society Decision-Making

Our Society numbers greater than 2,700 members, at more than 500 institutions, across the country and around the world. Deciding where and when to speak using that larger Society voice…

Jul. 30, 2025

Member Spotlight: Monica Ardura

Monica I. Ardura, DO, MSCS, FPIDS, is Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Medical Director of the Host Defense Program and Section Chief of the…

Jul. 2, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Reflections on ACIP Meeting

Last week the new, inexpert Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices hosted its first meeting. Prior to that debacle, the American Academy of Pediatrics and PIDS aligned in withholding our formal…

Jun. 26, 2025

PIDS Fears of Politicized ACIP Materialized

“The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is intended to provide “expert advice” on federal immunization policy. That is how the committee operated prior to the extraordinary firings earlier this…

Jun. 18, 2025

Member Spotlight: Leena Mithal

Leena B. Mithal, MD, MSCI, FPIDS is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She is…

Jun. 10, 2025

PIDS Deeply Troubled By Disregard for Science in ACIP Firings

“The announced removal by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of all 17 currently seated members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) in the stated interest of restoring public…

Jun. 5, 2025

PIDS Statement on Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for Children

The Secretary of Health and Human Services stated on May 27 that the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and pregnant individuals would be removed from the CDC recommended vaccine schedule….

Jun. 4, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Comprehensive Peds ID FTE Workload and Compensation

One major, achievable goal for our Society is to accurately document the myriad clinical activities we do in our specialty and then advocate for appropriate compensation. We are not pushing…

May. 21, 2025

Member Spotlight: Matthew Kelly

Matthew Kelly, MD, MPH, is Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Arkansas Children’s and the Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research in the Department of Pediatrics at…

President’s Letter From Dr. Kris Bryant

Aug. 29, 2025

In Wake of CDC Turmoil, PIDS Calls for Public Health to Be Led By Science, Not Ideology

The firing of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, and the related, subsequent resignations of four top CDC leaders, for reportedly refusing to be a rubber stamp on…

Aug. 27, 2025

FDA’s Label Change to COVID-19 Vaccines Runs Counter to the Scientific Evidence

Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changed the labelling of COVID-19 vaccines in a manner that runs counter to the immense scientific evidence over multiple years we across the…

Aug. 27, 2025

Member Spotlight: Andrea Green Hines

Andrea Green Hines, MD, FPIDS, is Associate Professor, Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases at University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). She also serves as Medical Director for the Children’s Nebraska…

Aug. 13, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Society Decision-Making

Our Society numbers greater than 2,700 members, at more than 500 institutions, across the country and around the world. Deciding where and when to speak using that larger Society voice…

Jul. 30, 2025

Member Spotlight: Monica Ardura

Monica I. Ardura, DO, MSCS, FPIDS, is Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Medical Director of the Host Defense Program and Section Chief of the…

Jul. 2, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Reflections on ACIP Meeting

Last week the new, inexpert Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices hosted its first meeting. Prior to that debacle, the American Academy of Pediatrics and PIDS aligned in withholding our formal…

Jun. 26, 2025

PIDS Fears of Politicized ACIP Materialized

“The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is intended to provide “expert advice” on federal immunization policy. That is how the committee operated prior to the extraordinary firings earlier this…

Jun. 18, 2025

Member Spotlight: Leena Mithal

Leena B. Mithal, MD, MSCI, FPIDS is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She is…

Jun. 10, 2025

PIDS Deeply Troubled By Disregard for Science in ACIP Firings

“The announced removal by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of all 17 currently seated members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) in the stated interest of restoring public…

Jun. 5, 2025

PIDS Statement on Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for Children

The Secretary of Health and Human Services stated on May 27 that the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and pregnant individuals would be removed from the CDC recommended vaccine schedule….

Jun. 4, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Comprehensive Peds ID FTE Workload and Compensation

One major, achievable goal for our Society is to accurately document the myriad clinical activities we do in our specialty and then advocate for appropriate compensation. We are not pushing…

May. 21, 2025

Member Spotlight: Matthew Kelly

Matthew Kelly, MD, MPH, is Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Arkansas Children’s and the Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research in the Department of Pediatrics at…

Member Spotlight: An in-Depth Interview with Dr. Bill Gruber

Aug. 29, 2025

In Wake of CDC Turmoil, PIDS Calls for Public Health to Be Led By Science, Not Ideology

The firing of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, and the related, subsequent resignations of four top CDC leaders, for reportedly refusing to be a rubber stamp on…

Aug. 27, 2025

FDA’s Label Change to COVID-19 Vaccines Runs Counter to the Scientific Evidence

Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changed the labelling of COVID-19 vaccines in a manner that runs counter to the immense scientific evidence over multiple years we across the…

Aug. 27, 2025

Member Spotlight: Andrea Green Hines

Andrea Green Hines, MD, FPIDS, is Associate Professor, Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases at University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). She also serves as Medical Director for the Children’s Nebraska…

Aug. 13, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Society Decision-Making

Our Society numbers greater than 2,700 members, at more than 500 institutions, across the country and around the world. Deciding where and when to speak using that larger Society voice…

Jul. 30, 2025

Member Spotlight: Monica Ardura

Monica I. Ardura, DO, MSCS, FPIDS, is Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Medical Director of the Host Defense Program and Section Chief of the…

Jul. 2, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Reflections on ACIP Meeting

Last week the new, inexpert Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices hosted its first meeting. Prior to that debacle, the American Academy of Pediatrics and PIDS aligned in withholding our formal…

Jun. 26, 2025

PIDS Fears of Politicized ACIP Materialized

“The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is intended to provide “expert advice” on federal immunization policy. That is how the committee operated prior to the extraordinary firings earlier this…

Jun. 18, 2025

Member Spotlight: Leena Mithal

Leena B. Mithal, MD, MSCI, FPIDS is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She is…

Jun. 10, 2025

PIDS Deeply Troubled By Disregard for Science in ACIP Firings

“The announced removal by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of all 17 currently seated members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) in the stated interest of restoring public…

Jun. 5, 2025

PIDS Statement on Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for Children

The Secretary of Health and Human Services stated on May 27 that the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and pregnant individuals would be removed from the CDC recommended vaccine schedule….

Jun. 4, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Comprehensive Peds ID FTE Workload and Compensation

One major, achievable goal for our Society is to accurately document the myriad clinical activities we do in our specialty and then advocate for appropriate compensation. We are not pushing…

May. 21, 2025

Member Spotlight: Matthew Kelly

Matthew Kelly, MD, MPH, is Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Arkansas Children’s and the Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research in the Department of Pediatrics at…

President’s Letter From Dr. Kris Bryant

Aug. 29, 2025

In Wake of CDC Turmoil, PIDS Calls for Public Health to Be Led By Science, Not Ideology

The firing of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, and the related, subsequent resignations of four top CDC leaders, for reportedly refusing to be a rubber stamp on…

Aug. 27, 2025

FDA’s Label Change to COVID-19 Vaccines Runs Counter to the Scientific Evidence

Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changed the labelling of COVID-19 vaccines in a manner that runs counter to the immense scientific evidence over multiple years we across the…

Aug. 27, 2025

Member Spotlight: Andrea Green Hines

Andrea Green Hines, MD, FPIDS, is Associate Professor, Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases at University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). She also serves as Medical Director for the Children’s Nebraska…

Aug. 13, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Society Decision-Making

Our Society numbers greater than 2,700 members, at more than 500 institutions, across the country and around the world. Deciding where and when to speak using that larger Society voice…

Jul. 30, 2025

Member Spotlight: Monica Ardura

Monica I. Ardura, DO, MSCS, FPIDS, is Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Medical Director of the Host Defense Program and Section Chief of the…

Jul. 2, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Reflections on ACIP Meeting

Last week the new, inexpert Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices hosted its first meeting. Prior to that debacle, the American Academy of Pediatrics and PIDS aligned in withholding our formal…

Jun. 26, 2025

PIDS Fears of Politicized ACIP Materialized

“The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is intended to provide “expert advice” on federal immunization policy. That is how the committee operated prior to the extraordinary firings earlier this…

Jun. 18, 2025

Member Spotlight: Leena Mithal

Leena B. Mithal, MD, MSCI, FPIDS is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She is…

Jun. 10, 2025

PIDS Deeply Troubled By Disregard for Science in ACIP Firings

“The announced removal by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of all 17 currently seated members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) in the stated interest of restoring public…

Jun. 5, 2025

PIDS Statement on Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for Children

The Secretary of Health and Human Services stated on May 27 that the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and pregnant individuals would be removed from the CDC recommended vaccine schedule….

Jun. 4, 2025

President’s Letter from Bill Steinbach – Comprehensive Peds ID FTE Workload and Compensation

One major, achievable goal for our Society is to accurately document the myriad clinical activities we do in our specialty and then advocate for appropriate compensation. We are not pushing…

May. 21, 2025

Member Spotlight: Matthew Kelly

Matthew Kelly, MD, MPH, is Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Arkansas Children’s and the Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research in the Department of Pediatrics at…

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