Pediatric ID News

Pfizer presented data for the first time publicly Thursday on its maternal vaccine candidate for respiratory syncytial virus, which was granted priority review this week by the FDA.

Preliminary estimates published Thursday in MMWR and presented this week by the CDC indicate that this season’s influenza vaccine offered significant protection among all ages.

As the COVID-19 pandemic grew, so did the feeling that the field of ID might begin to attract more physicians, drawn by the important and rewarding work that was so suddenly in the public eye.

A study that used wastewater signals to identify cases of COVID-19 found that even a small increase in the proportion of people wearing masks at elementary schools in one California county significantly reduced the chance of a case.

SEATTLE — Recently published recommendations for the prevention of pediatric HIV infection say people with HIV should be counseled about infant feeding prior to conception or as early as possible in pregnancy.

Rhinoviruses and enteroviruses accounted for nearly three-quarters of viral detections among children during the COVID-19 pandemic and persisted amid declines in other viruses, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

There was a sustained decrease in pertussis cases among young infants in the years after maternal Tdap vaccination was introduced in the United States, according to the results of a CDC study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

More convenient COVID-19 vaccination options could increase uptake among children and adults, according to survey findings published in JAMA Network Open.

  Healio spoke with Debra Langlois, MD, pediatrician and clinical assistant professor at University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, about everything providers need to know about COVID-19 vaccination for children.

  Healio spoke with Debra Langlois, MD, pediatrician and clinical assistant professor at University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, about everything providers need to know about COVID-19 vaccination for children.