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…
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…
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…
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…
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’…
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…
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…
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…
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…
When I first wrote to you two years ago, it was an exciting time to be part of PIDS. Thanks to dedicated efforts led by my predecessors, our Society had…
Chris Blyth, MBBS, PhD, is Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases at the School of Medicine, University of Western Australia and head of the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases…
After 13 years on the Board of Directors of PIDS, including the past 2 years as Chair of the PIDS Foundation, I now contribute to my last PIDS newsletter. It…
Improving the health of children worldwide through philanthropic support of scientific and educational programs.
