Pediatric ID News

In Tanzania, pregnant women with HIV who had access to antiretroviral therapy for life had less than a 2% risk for vertical transmission, according to data published in The Lancet HIV.

The incidence of myopericarditis among adolescents and young adults who received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines is very low, according to a systemic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.

An expert in influenza is encouraging the public to get vaccinated ahead of “a tough season” during National Influenza Vaccination Week.

Influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and COVID-19 have come together to pose a serious health threat this holiday season, according to experts.

Children who were exposed to Zika virus in utero may demonstrate developmental differences into preschool age, even if they did not have congenital Zika syndrome, according to a study published in Pediatric Research.

WHO on Monday announced it will start using the term ”mpox” to refer to monkeypox disease, citing “racist and stigmatizing language” used during this year’s global outbreak as a reason.

Almost 40 million children missed their first or second dose of measles vaccine in 2021 — a new record — as measles vaccine coverage reached its lowest level since 2008, according to a report in MMWR.

Since the beginning of November, the central Ohio region has experienced an outbreak of measles that now totals 24 cases — all of them in unvaccinated children, according to the city of Columbus.

Wanted: a prominent scientist to lead a $6.3 billion research organization.

Real-world data showed that bivalent messenger RNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 provided “significant additional protection” against symptomatic COVID-19 among people who had received two, three or four previous monovalent doses.