Pediatric ID News

Globally, cases of malaria in 2022 surpassed the level recorded the year before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO reported this week.

COVID-19 caused a surge in premature births in California that “fully disappeared” by 2022, likely because of vaccines, researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Prenatal vaccination protects infants from COVID-19 up to age 6 months, real-world study findings published in JAMA Network Open suggest. The study found that vaccination prior to pregnancy did not protect babies from the disease.

Among people being treated for HIV, young children experience the highest rate of death — up to nine times higher than other age groups, according to study findings published in MMWR.

An outpatient antibiotic stewardship bundle initiative reduced unnecessary antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections without increasing repeat health care contacts, a recent study showed.

BOSTON — Treatment with sofosbuvir-based direct-acting antivirals demonstrated durable sustained virologic response up to 5 years among pediatric patients with hepatitis C virus, according to findings presented at The Liver Meeting.

NEW YORK — In this video, Sunil K. Sood, MD, discusses considering a diagnosis of the tick-borne illness babesiosis in pediatric populations.

Patients recovering from multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children should receive a cardiology follow-up, study findings reported in Pediatrics suggest.

NEW YORK — In this video, Timothy R. Shope, MD, MPH, reviews COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus for general pediatricians in outpatient clinics.

NEW YORK — When should a pediatrician consider that one of their patients may have an underlying immune issue?