Pediatric ID News

The American Academy of Dermatology has created a measles resource center for dermatologists to stay prepared during the current U.S. measles outbreak.

In primary care settings, the burden of RSV on young children and their guardians often varied between the countries of Belgium, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the U.K., according to results published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

SAN FRANCISCO — A slow immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection, delayed viral clearance, and viral rebound can all increase a person’s risk for long COVID, according to study data.

Most pediatric transplant recipients who received live-attenuated viral vaccines after transplant developed protective antibodies that persisted for up to a year after vaccination with no significant safety events, researchers found.

SAN FRANCISCO — Switching to long-acting ART from oral treatments was cost effective for postpartum women with HIV and improved infant outcomes, researchers said at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.

The White House withdrew the nomination of David Weldon, MD, to be CDC director on Thursday morning, just hours before he was to appear before a Senate committee.

SAN FRANCISCO — Researchers here described how they were able to safely and ethically enroll adolescents in a landmark trial of a drug that could transform the landscape of HIV prevention.

SAN FRANCISCO — HIV incidence in sub-Saharan Africa has declined substantially, according to both UNAIDS estimates and empirical data pulled from decades of studies, researchers found.

An adult in New Mexico tested positive for measles after dying, state health officials announced Thursday amid a growing outbreak of the highly contagious disease centered in neighboring Texas.