Medscape shares data from a study on the risk for illness or death due to influenza for children who receive hematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT). The data show a high-dose…
Healio reports on results from a CDC study finding a sustained decrease in pertussis cases among young infants in the years following the introduction of maternal Tdap vaccination in the…
John Bradley, MD, is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, and is the Medical Director…
During the pandemic, as we raced to roll out treatment trials and vaccine studies for COVID, our research team became very fond of the phrase, “clarity is kindness.” In that…
Healio reports on the debate over optimal antibiotic therapy duration, and citing research, relay that shorter durations are as effective as longer for many infections. Experts from various locations and…
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…
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