Emergency Medicine News

WHO estimates there have been upwards of two attacks per day on health care infrastructure in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion of the country.

CDC data show that the omicron BA.2 subvariant of SARS-CoV-2 accounted for approximately 35% of COVID-19 cases in the United States during the week ending March 19, up from around 22% the week before.

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America published a white paper that includes guidance on implementing strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in infants in the NICU.

Surveillance data continue to show that COVID-19 hospitalizations among young children increased fivefold during the omicron wave of SARS-CoV-2 compared with the peak of the delta wave, researchers reported in MMWR.

Pfizer announced Wednesday that it has initiated a phase 2/3 study of its COVID-19 antiviral for pediatric patients.

The AAP reiterated its support for pediatric COVID-19 vaccination after Florida’s surgeon general said this week that the state would recommend against it.

Researchers found a significant association between neighborhood socioeconomic depression and missed clinic visits for children with medical complexity, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Depression was common among adolescents even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, affecting around one in every five, according to 6 years of surveillance data published this week in MMWR.

Weekly pediatric ED visits for eating and tic disorders have increased among females — especially adolescents aged 12 to 17 years — during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in MMWR.

The Democratic governors of several states, including New Jersey and Delaware, announced this week that they will soon lift COVID-19 mask mandates in K-12 schools, joining other states that have already eliminated such measures.