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…
Read the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society supplemental articles on the topic: PIDS statement: Last year was the hottest year humans have measured, according to the National Oceanic…
President John F. Kennedy delivered one of the most famous inaugural addresses in U.S. presidential history. From the east front of the Capitol, JFK stirred the gathered crowd and every…
Medpage Today reports on meta-analysis performed to examine the efficacy of antibiotics for acute sinusitis. It was the first such analysis on this since 2013 and included 956 pediatric participants…
Healio shares a story on advancements in therapeutic formulations, such as long-acting injectables, in response to concerns that children with HIV aren’t sufficiently adhering to ART treatment. The U.S. Department…
We work in a field that is consult-heavy. One where we have pediatric colleagues from other specialties who ask us to see their patients and we deliver our advice –…
Healio reports on a presentation delivered at the AAAAI annual meeting that recommended routine inactive vaccinations and other prophylactic treatment for children with primary immunodeficiencies. According to the presenter, children…
Andrew Handel, MD, FAAP, is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York. He is a lifelong New Yorker,…
Medical Xpress reports on a presentation of a clinical trial in children who acquired HIV before birth delivered at the 2024 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). Following an…
Mohamad Shieb is a 2nd year resident at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He earned his medical degree from the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. Dr. Shieb is…
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