Families nationwide breathed a sigh of relief when the FDA approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children aged 5-11, The Washington Post reports. As the holiday season approaches, however, many remain…
I think many of us enter 2022 with a sense of optimism and anticipation for brighter days as it relates to the pandemic. One source of that optimism for me…
Healthline looked at how kids’ antibody response affects re-infection and the spread of COVID-19. Emerging research cited by the story that first appeared in Nature explains that when children get…
A 2016 U.K. report forecasted drug-resistant infections may kill up to 10 million people a year by 2050, which makes containing antimicrobial resistance a critical area of need. Public health…
Alice Sato, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She also serves as the…
Well, it’s happening. Two years ago, I began my term as President-Elect and I have spent the last 24 months learning from Drs. Kris Bryant and Paul Spearman. PIDS has…
“The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, the world’s largest organization of pediatric infectious diseases specialists, strongly supports a universal recommendation for COVID-19 vaccination of children 5-11 years of age, as authorized…
Dear friends, As my two-year term as the PIDS president, draws to a close I have to tell you how in awe I am of what PIDS members have accomplished…
Dr. William Otto is the recipient of the 2021 JPIDS-Ralph D. Feigin Apprenticeship Award. The award is aimed at fostering talented young pediatric infectious diseases physicians who are interested in…
The goal of the PIDS Fellowship and Research Awards program is to increase the pool of highly trained pediatric infectious diseases clinical scientists and to stimulate scholarly basic, translational, and…
The quest for a malaria vaccine has been underway for a hundred years. Many candidates never made it past clinical trials. On October 6th, however, the World Health Organization endorsed…
Data increasingly suggest that a causal link exists between COVID-19 mRNA vaccination and myocarditis in adolescents and young adult males. The risk of myocarditis appears highest after the second dose…
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