Pediatric ID News

Although the general understanding of long COVID has improved in the past year, many questions about the persistent sequelae experienced by some people after an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection remain, according to experts.

Early use of oseltamivir in hospitalized children with influenza led to better outcomes, according to the results of a large study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Surveillance data show increased circulation of enterovirus D68 — or EV-D68 — over the summer in the United States after a period of low circulation during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers reported this week in MMWR.

Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna have asked the FDA to authorize bivalent omicron COVID-19 booster vaccines for children.

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The CDC said Tuesday that the United States has joined a list of around 30 countries with circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus.

There was a short-term increase in selection for resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae among children who received azithromycin during a mass administration of the antibiotic, but no evidence of long-term resistance, a study found.

Researchers reported more promising data on a malaria vaccine that previously demonstrated high efficacy among children aged 5 to 17 months in a study published last year.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — Although nearly every health care facility has felt the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, smaller, nonacademic medical centers are facing these problems with fewer resources to fall back on.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — COVID-19 and monkeypox have caused severe stress on the health care system, which has weakened the overall response to other ongoing infectious disease battles like the one against antimicrobial resistance.