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A large study in the United Kingdom revealed some “epidemiologic nuances” of COVID-19 in children, experts said.

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An unvaccinated 12-year-old girl, acquired chickenpox, also known as varicella, 6 days ago and was recovering well, but she awoke during the night with high fever and significant pain in her upper left abdominal area. What's your diagnosis?

Compared with their peers, people with HIV experienced a smaller decline in mortality risk from COVID-19 during the omicron wave of the pandemic, researchers reported.

Pregnant women who received an investigational group B streptococcus vaccine in a phase 2 trial transferred antibodies to their infants “at levels associated with a reduced risk of invasive group B streptococcal disease,” researchers found.

One dose of the 9-valent HPV vaccine generated a sustained immune response against two prominent cancer-causing types of the virus for up to 2 years, according study findings published in Pediatrics.

American Indian and Alaska Native children endure high rates of respiratory syncytial virus infection, a study published in Pediatrics found.

The CDC announced it is launching the “Bridge Access Program” this fall to provide COVID-19 vaccines to uninsured and underinsured at no cost.

Paxlovid lowers the risk for severe COVID-19 among younger vaccinated adults with at least one serious comorbidity, researchers found, although their study did not see the same benefit for patients without medical comorbidities.

There have been some reports of necrosis at the injection site following receipt of the 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine, but the vaccine’s overall benefit-risk balance “remains favorable,” researchers wrote in JAMA Internal Medicine.