Pediatrics
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: ED visits and hospitalizations start to fall again
CDC data show that weekly cases have been declining since early December.
News
FDA OKs Tdap shot in pregnancy to protect newborns from pertussis
The agency has approved a second option for use during the third trimester to protect babies from whooping cough.
From the Journals
New study offers details on post-COVID pediatric illness
This pediatric illness occurs 2-6 weeks after being infected with COVID-19.
Opinion
Pediatric vaccination rates have failed to recover
Over the last half century we have produced several generations of parents who have little knowledge and certainly no personal experience with a...
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Ohio measles outbreak grows, fueled by vaccine hesitancy
Most of the children infected were unvaccinated but were old enough to get the measles, mumps, and rubella shot.
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: New-case counts offer dueling narratives
Data from the American Academy of Pediatrics appear to conflict with information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Vaccinating pregnant women protects infants against severe RSV infection
“The directness of the strategy, to vaccinate expectant mothers during pregnancy so that their newborn is then later protected, is new and a very...
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Systematic review supports preferred drugs for HIV in youths
Findings support the use of dolutegravir an raltegravir as part of WHO-recommended regimens for treating HIV.
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Hospital financial decisions play a role in the critical shortage of pediatric beds for RSV patients
The dire shortage of pediatric hospital beds plaguing the nation in the fall of 2022 is a byproduct of financial decisions made by hospitals over...
Feature
Ohio measles outbreak sickens nearly 60 children
All of the children who got measles had not been fully vaccinated.
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: Hospitalizations provide a tale of two sources
Thanksgiving travel seems to have had little effect on new pediatric cases.