Jeff Gerber, MD, PhD, FPIDS, is Werner and Gertrude Henle Endowed Chair in Pediatrics in the Division Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and Professor of Pediatrics and…
The award is given in recognition of a pediatrician with a distinguished career in pediatric infectious diseases marked by significant contributions in infectious diseases Walter Orenstein, MD, FPIDS, an influential…
Public Health Firings Will Cost Lives, Leave America Vulnerable The unprecedented mass firing of more than 1,100 federal employees, and then rehiring of some, at the Department and Health and…
When I first wrote to you two years ago, it was an exciting time to be part of PIDS. Thanks to dedicated efforts led by my predecessors, our Society had…
Chris Blyth, MBBS, PhD, is Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases at the School of Medicine, University of Western Australia and head of the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases…
After 13 years on the Board of Directors of PIDS, including the past 2 years as Chair of the PIDS Foundation, I now contribute to my last PIDS newsletter. It…
The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, the world’s largest organization of professionals dedicated to the treatment, control, and eradication of infectious diseases affecting children, has bestowed 29 distinguished physicians and scientists…
The September meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices gave short shrift to the extensive preparation and robust expertise that providers across all of healthcare had come to expect…
What a difference a year makes. I think it’s safe to say that no one would have predicted a month ahead of IDWeek 2024 that all childhood vaccines, the fundamental…
Vaccine mandates for school entry have proven to be effective for decades and resulted in high vaccination rates. These vaccines save lives and prevent long term complications from common infectious…
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…
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…
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