A French prospective study revealed nirsevimab protected infants against hospitalization, pediatric intensive care unit admission, and mechanical ventilation due to RSV, reports Medpage Today. The monoclonal antibody was estimated to…
Differentiating PIDS from the PIDS Foundation is often confusing. When I joined the Board several years ago, I struggled with the simultaneous integration and sometimes puzzling differentiation of the two…
The Program and Meetings Committee seeks nominations for the important role of PIDS IDWeek Vice Chair-elect, who will represent us and help develop the pediatric track on the IDWeek Planning…
Happy New Year. No, not that one; the other one. I recognize we are not watching the ball drop on a frigid Times Square, but instead experiencing once in a…
A national cohort study from China, according to Medpage Today, found antibiotic overuse in premature infants’ early life may increase the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia or death. The study included…
Joseph St. Geme III, MD, FPIDS, is Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, Physician-in-Chief, President of the Medical Staff, President of the Physician Practice Association, and the Madlyn and Leonard…
Healio reports on a study examining vaccine coverage among immigrant communities in Washington state. Structural inequities in these communities, including language barriers, promote poor health outcomes and run the risk…
“Adjusting for population growth, the [pediatric infectious diseases] workforce is projected to grow more slowly than most other pediatric subspecialties and geographic disparities in access to PID care are expected…
Healio reports on a study published in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society regarding medically attended cases of respiratory syncytial virus. Researchers found that infants born during the…
Kari Simonsen, MD, MBA, FPIDS, is chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and Pediatrician-in-Chief of Children’s Nebraska. She earned her medical degree…
Healio reports on findings presented at PAS on HIV screening success by a clinic that offered point-of-contact saliva testing. The clinic’s efforts resulted in quadrupling its screening rate. The median…
Camila Aparicio is completing her research year at Yale School of Medicine and will be graduating this month. In the summer of 2023, she was selected for the PIDS Foundation’s…
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