Pediatric ID News

A decades-long study that enrolled participants in the 1940s found that contracting a lower respiratory tract infection in early childhood was associated with a higher risk for premature death from respiratory disease in adulthood.

Around one-quarter of surveyed parents reported not adhering to a public health measures against COVID-19.

Vaccines have such a major impact on both individuals and public health. But somehow, as time has gone by, that has been lost.

A longer interval between doses of COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 5 to 11 years was associated with higher effectiveness against symptomatic infection, according to a real-world study published in Pediatrics.

The rate of teenagers vaccinated against HPV is improving but a significant number of parents remain hesitant about their children receiving the vaccine, a study found.

A pediatric infectious disease expert made the case that the world needs a better pertussis vaccine.

Researchers reviewed a decade of maternal and congenital syphilis cases at a Brooklyn hospital and identified two variables associated with infection: racial identities other than Black or white and low socioeconomic status.

A WHO official speaking at the St. Jude/PIDS Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Conference encouraged health care communities to “reach the children being left behind.”

Routine HPV vaccination rates could be improved if children were vaccinated earlier, according to a new study.

Urban families, Black and multiracial children and families with low socioeconomic status faced the highest rates of pediatric care disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic, a study found.