Pediatric ID News

A surge of respiratory syncytial virus, an early start to influenza season and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have caused a “tripledemic” in the United States, overwhelming hospitals, experts said.

NEW YORK — Common viruses have returned “with a vengeance” this year, according to an expert at the Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium.

NEW YORK — In this video from the Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium, Yvonne A. Maldonado, MD, discusses three emerging or reemerging infectious diseases: polio, monkeypox and highly pathogenic avian influenza virus.

NEW YORK — In this video, Healio Pediatrics Peer Perspective Board Member C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, summarizes the “COVID corner” session at the Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium, including his own talk on outpatient treatment.

NEW YORK — In this video filmed at the Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium, John V. Williams, MD, reacts to updated guidelines published by the AAP in reaction to the RSV surge in children.

NEW YORK — In this video, Roberta L. DeBiasi, MD, MS, chief of infectious diseases at Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C., discusses emerging research in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 — or long COVID — in children.

The 35th annual Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium will be held Nov. 19 and 20 in New York.

The bacterium Clostridioides difficile tends to “cooperate” with microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract, such as the pathogen Enterococcus, which can help the bacterium thrive, according to a study published in Nature.

The 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule does not reflect the important role infectious disease physicians play in safeguarding public health and is a “serious setback” to the ID workforce, the Infectious Diseases Society of America said.

Moderna said Monday that data from a phase 2/3 trial showed that its bivalent COVID-19 booster shot triggers a higher antibody response against SARS-CoV-2 omicron subvariants than its original vaccine.