In a recent article, Medpage Today shares results from a Spanish matched case-control study into four-component, protein-based meningococcal serogroup B vaccine efficacy in preventing invasive serogroup B and non-serogroup B…
Octavio Ramilo, MD, FPIDS, is Chair of the Department of Infectious Diseases at St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, TN. He earned his MD at Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense…
CNN reports on children dealing with long COVID following either severe or mild illnesses. The article includes several personal stories from parents and children navigating long COVID effects, many having…
Healio relays Pfizer’s announcement that the FDA will proceed with a priority review of its supplemental biologics license application for a 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for infants and children aged…
Madeline Guy is a second-year medical student at McGovern Medical School at University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, with an expected graduation date in May 2025. She earned…
Healio shares study findings that a COVID-19 booster shot restored protection for children aged 5 to 11 whose protection against the omicron variant had waned three months after receiving the…
Medpage Today reports on the missing surge in acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) it expected to see following its Health Alert Network Advisory in September on the rise in EV-D68. At…
New Year’s resolutions: aspirational, constructive, and notoriously hard to keep. It is estimated that about half of us make New Year’s resolutions, but only about 10% are successful. Many of…
As 2022 draws to a close, every major news outlet is treating us to a “year in review.” (Anybody else a fan of NPR’s 50 Wonderful Pop Culture Things?) In…
NBC News reports several U.S. children’s hospitals have detected an increase in invasive strep A infections. Higher cases compared to previous years have been recorded at hospitals in Arizona, Colorado,…
According to published survey data from the Kaiser Family Foundation, CNN shares more than a third of parents in the United States (35%) say vaccinating children against measles, mumps and…
At dinner, our family often goes around the table naming our “highs and lows” of the day. Sometimes, one of us has exciting news (“I got the part I auditioned…
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