Pediatric ID News

Cost, discomfort with self-administration and privacy concerns are potential barriers to increasing the use of STI self-tests among adolescents and young adults, according to a study.

Without improvements to access and delivery of health care, more than 39 million people may die because of antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections between 2025 and 2050, according to new estimates.

From 2010 to 2020, less than half of perinatally exposed infants were tested for hepatitis C virus, according to a study, but experts are hopeful that new early testing guidelines will ensure more infants are screened and treated.

The FDA on Friday approved the first ever influenza vaccine that does not have to be given by a health care professional.

Vaccine coverage among military children is higher than the national average, but there are unique barriers that prevent military children from receiving their childhood vaccinations on time, according to findings published in Pediatrics.

Twice-yearly injectable lenacapavir for HIV prevention reduced HIV infections by 96% compared with background HIV incidence and demonstrated superiority over a once-daily pill for PrEP in a phase 3 trial, Gilead Sciences announced Thursday.

Children with tracheostomy and home ventilation had low COVID-19 vaccination rates, especially for boosters, despite higher than average influenza vaccination coverage, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

As kids return to school, the CDC has reminded the public that children with lice do not need to cut their school day short and be sent home early.

Acute-care visits for respiratory tract infections were nearly 20% lower than predicted among infants in New York after the state implemented paid family leave, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Girls with diagnosed mental health conditions had lower HPV vaccination coverage than their peers without mental health conditions, according to a study published in The Lancet Public Health.