Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT, FPIDS is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Chief of Pediatric Infectious Disease at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She…
Healio covers a report on promising results from a national antimicrobial stewardship initiative involving 133 hospitals. The Better Antibiotic Selection in Children (BASiC) project is managed by the American Academy…
The Washington Post reports on the “renaissance” of respiratory syncytial virus vaccine development following its catastrophic beginnings in the 1960s. Included in those ill-fated beginnings were a pair of infant…
Alison Tribble, MD, MSCE, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, at the University of Michigan Medical School. She obtained her medical degree at Duke University…
I’m on the clinical service this week. Please excuse the brevity of this letter while I simultaneously prepare for our fantastic IDWeek schedule and share these three observations on pediatric…
ABC News reports on pediatric emergency departments and health systems becoming stressed to capacity by surge in children’s respiratory illnesses, including rhinovirus and enterovirus. The outlet spoke with infectious diseases…
In a CDC report detailed in Medscape, fewer than half of children with sickle cell anemia are receiving recommended annual stroke screening nor are many receiving the recommended medication for…
John A. Vanchiere, MD, PhD is a second-generation Louisiana pediatrician who has been on the faculty at LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, LA for the past 15 years. He is…
Healio presents insights from a pair of research studies into vaccine disruptions and vaccine hesitancy coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic. The studies show a drop in vaccine coverage in the…
A story in STAT News looks at the increased complexity of proper COVID-19 vaccine storage and administration with the rollout of the bivalent booster program. At a recent ACIP meeting,…
I wish I had been a communications major during college. I simply had no idea that effective communication was one of the most critical elements of being a physician. We…
Healio reports on a recently published faculty diversity study. Part of the research looked at the 20-year trend of pediatric faculty to gauge how many of those who identified as…
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