Pediatric ID News

A CDC advisory committee on Thursday voted unanimously to “harmonize” serogroup B meningococcal vaccine recommendations for healthy adolescents and young adults and children who have a higher risk for infection.

The CDC on Friday announced 26 more cases in the multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, bringing the total to 75 cases in 13 states.

A CDC advisory committee on Wednesday recommended that adults aged 65 years or older and anyone who is at least moderately immunocompromised receive a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine this season.

Another monoclonal antibody for preventing respiratory syncytial virus disease in infants could enter the market as early as next year, based on the results of two studies presented at IDWeek, Merck said.

One person has died and 10 have been hospitalized in a multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli infections linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, the CDC said Tuesday.

A combination of several factors makes it tough for providers to identify measles cases as the disease makes a comeback, according to experts.

LOS ANGELES — Interim data from a phase 2 clinical trial of the Jynneos mpox vaccine showed that it is safe and generates an antibody response in adolescents that is similar to the response seen in adults, researchers reported.

An electronic health record order set that preselected shorter antibiotic courses for acute otitis media cut antibiotic use for pediatric ear infections in half, according to findings presented at IDWeek.

A significant number of Medicaid-insured infants infected with HIV in the first year of their life did not receive postnatal antiretroviral prophylaxis, a study presented at IDWeek showed.

The proportion of children dying from sepsis is lower than it was 20 years ago, but Black children are still at a significantly higher risk than white children, according to a study presented at IDWeek.