News & Announcements

Dec. 23, 2025

Member Spotlight: Chandy John

Chandy C. John, MD, MS, FPIDS, is Ryan White Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, Immunology and Epidemiology at Indiana University and the Riley Hospital for Children, where…

Dec. 12, 2025

FDA Announced Review of RSV Treatments Concerns PIDS

The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society is concerned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announcing it will open an unprompted safety review of respiratory syncytial virus treatments nirsevimab and clesrovimab….

Dec. 10, 2025

President’s Letter from Deb Palazzi – Gratitude, Community, and the Path Ahead

As we approach the end of the year, I find myself reflecting with deep gratitude on the extraordinary work our Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society members do every single day. Whether…

Dec. 5, 2025

PIDS Statement on ACIP Meeting’s Impact on Public Health

The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society is deeply concerned by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices December meeting and its impact on public health in the United States. The vote to…

Dec. 3, 2025

IDSA and PIDS Statement on 2025 Infectious Diseases Fellowship Match Results

The Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society congratulate the 272 physicians who matched into adult infectious diseases and the 44 who matched into pediatric infectious…

Dec. 2, 2025

PIDS Rejects Claims of Harm Due to Tested, Approved Vaccines

PIDS strongly rejects the claim by US Food and Drug Administration that vaccine regulatory processes are lax and that there is evidence that COVID-19 vaccines for children are unsafe or…

Nov. 26, 2025

Member Spotlight: Jennifer Schuster

Jennifer Schuster, MD, MSCI, is Professor of Pediatrics at Children’s Mercy Kansas City (CMKC) and University of Missouri Kansas City. She graduated from the Medical College of Georgia and completed…

Nov. 20, 2025

Concerns Regarding Recent Revision to CDC’s Autism and Vaccine Information

The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society expresses deep concern regarding the recent revision to the CDC’s Autism and Vaccines page, which now states that “the claim ’vaccines do not cause autism’…

Nov. 12, 2025

President’s Letter from Deb Palazzi – Better Together: Building the Future of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Dear Colleagues, As I reflect on the energy and connection we all felt at IDWeek, I am reminded of what makes our community extraordinary. The conversations in the hallways, the…

Oct. 29, 2025

Member Spotlight: Jeff Gerber

Jeff Gerber, MD, PhD, FPIDS, is Werner and Gertrude Henle Endowed Chair in Pediatrics in the Division Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and Professor of Pediatrics and…

Oct. 19, 2025

PIDS Honors Dr. Walter Orenstein with the 2025 Walter T. Hughes Distinguished Physician Award

The award is given in recognition of a pediatrician with a distinguished career in pediatric infectious diseases marked by significant contributions in infectious diseases Walter Orenstein, MD, FPIDS, an influential…

Oct. 13, 2025

PIDS Joins with IDSA, HIVMA, & SHEA in Response to Public Health Firings

Public Health Firings Will Cost Lives, Leave America Vulnerable The unprecedented mass firing of more than 1,100 federal employees, and then rehiring of some, at the Department and Health and…

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