Roberto P. Santos is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and an attending pediatric infectious diseases physician at the Children’s of Mississippi. He currently heads the Teen Health Clinic at the center’s Children’s Subspecialty Clinic for the prevention and treatment of STI including HIV among adolescents. Early in his career,…
PIDS was one of 20 organizations to sign on to the Council of Pediatric Subspecialties (CoPS) policy brief concerning Legislative Priorities for Developing the Next Generation of Diverse Child Health Researchers. Investing in child and adolescent health research, conducted by diverse researchers, benefits individual children and their lifelong health, their families, communities, and the overall…
I’ve always had a soft spot for idioms and maxims. My dad’s go-to phrase was “well, if a frog had wings, it wouldn’t bump its butt every time it hopped.” I’m not sure that it had the desired effect of eradicating my childhood excuse making, but it certainly made me smile. My longtime mentor, Dr….
In a story by Reuters, data from UNICEF and WHO show cases of measles jumped 79% in the first two months of 2022 compared to 2021. Reported cases for January and February of this year totaled 17,338 worldwide, up from 9,665 for the same period of last year. The leap has been attributed to disruptions…
CNN reports on the FDA announcement concerning the COVID-19 drug remdesivir and its expanded approval to children younger than 12. Sold under the name Veklury, the drug had been approved for adults and adolescents who weigh at least 88 pounds. Last week’s decision expands the pool of patients eligible for the injection to children as…
Dear Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader McCarthy: On behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA), Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) and Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP), we strongly urge you to pass an emergency supplemental…
Sean O’Leary, MD, MPH is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado. Additionally, he is a pediatric infectious diseases specialist, an investigator at ACCORDS (Adult and Child Center for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science), and the Director of the Colorado Children’s Outcomes Network (COCONet), Colorado’s…
Science reports on a substantial effort undertaken by scientists from over 20 countries across six continents to gather data for the world’s largest vaccine safety project. Initiated more than a decade ago, the Global Vaccine Data Network (GVDN) struggled to secure stable funding until a proposal was accepted by the CDC last year following the…
A recent story by Medscape looked at a research study on the recent practice of using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing to identify patients with acute cough who have bacterial infections amenable to antibiotic treatment. The findings show that, even when throat swabs reveal bacteria in children with respiratory infections, antibiotics make little difference in…
It was during a PIDS retreat during fellowship training that the Society began to impact Andi L. Shane’s career. Surrounded by colleagues who shared her passion for all aspects of pediatric ID, she was inspired to apply for a PIDS Fellowship award. The support from PIDS enabled Dr. Shane to pursue her research ambition and…
Whether personal or professional, resilience is an admirable, invaluable trait. The cost of acquiring it, though, often exceeds what we had imagined. Resilience typically requires being challenged beyond what we thought was possible, developing endurance, resourcefulness, and character in the process. As a society, PIDS is committed to building the infrastructure necessary to become the…
On March 29, the FDA, Healio reports, approved Cabenuva as the first long-acting HIV treatment regimen for adolescents. The approval was supported by studies conducted among adults and data from the Week 16 interim analysis of an ongoing MOCHA trial being run by one of the pharmaceutical companies involved in development and the International Maternal…
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