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Among preterm-born children, treatment with fluticasone propionate for 12 weeks led to a modest improvement in lung function, researchers reported at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Researchers estimated that 10.5 million children globally have lost a caregiver to COVID-19, including 7.5 million who were orphaned after losing a parent or primary caregiver, according to results published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Experts raised questions about comments from U.S. officials this week that the new bivalent COVID-19 boosters are likely the first of what will become annual shots against SARS-CoV-2.

After 2 years of virtual meetings, the fourth annual Women in Medicine Summit will be taking place in person in Chicago from Sept. 16 to 17.

Parental concern about the safety of childhood vaccines increased significantly during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, although confidence in vaccines remained high, according to research published in Pediatrics.

The loss of small, distal pulmonary arteries was associated with progression of CT-derived bronchiectasis, especially among smokers with COPD, according to results published in Respiratory Medicine Journal.

The Healio Editors compiled the most-read news in pulmonology posted in August.

The CDC’s vaccine advisory committee on Thursday voted to recommend the bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccines authorized this week by the FDA that also target the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2.

As of Aug. 5, approximately half of all eligible Americans aged 5 years or older had received their first COVID-19 booster vaccine, according to data published Thursday in MMWR.

If you are a physician who follows the financial media, amid the stories of gloom and doom, you have likely heard of a new investment strategy being offered by many financial institutions called direct indexing.