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…
CNN shares a story based on data by Columbus Public Health showing more 59 children (at the time of writing) have been caught in a measles outbreak, with 23 needing…
The Atlantic reports the early and increased levels of flu and RSV are inundating hospitals nationwide. By mid-November, nearly 3/4ths of U.S. pediatric hospital beds were full. Some hospitals turned…
Fourth 2022 Supplement Issue of the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society is latest effort by the PIDS Inclusion, Diversity, Access and Equity Taskforce WASHINGTON, December 13, 2022 –…
Judy Guzman-Cottrill, DO, is a Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases at Oregon Health and Science University. She is the Director of the Pediatric HIV Program at Doernbecher Children’s…
CNN reports on a request by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association for a formal emergency declaration amid “an alarming surge of pediatric respiratory illnesses” in…
An article by STAT investigates the mystery of the missing acute flaccid myelitis triggered by EV-D68 infection that pediatricians expected to drive an influx of children into the hospital. Like…
Chandy John, MD, FPIDS is Ryan White Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Chief of the Ryan White Center for Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Global Health…
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