Vaccination

Adults who are part of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups are less likely to be vaccinated against influenza and are more likely to be hospitalized for it, according to health officials.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Anne Schuchat, MD, former principal deputy director of the CDC, has a message for pediatricians.

The FDA announced it approved a vaccine administered during the third trimester of pregnancy to prevent pertussis — whooping cough — in infants younger than 2 months of age.

After 2 years as an all-virtual event, the AAP National Conference & Exhibition returns as an in-person meeting this year, with a limited virtual experience available as well.

Hybrid immunity from prior omicron infection and at least two doses of COVID-19 vaccine provided the highest protection from omicron infection, according to data recently published in The Lancet.

National Comprehensive Cancer Network has updated its recommendations on COVID-19 vaccination for patients with cancer.

The NIH this month began enrolling participants in a clinical trial to investigate the efficacy of fractional doses of monkeypox vaccine, and another trial evaluating the antiviral tecovirimat in adults and children with monkeypox.

MONTEREY, Calif. — A study carried out across seven centers in the U.S. found that ocular inflammation might occur in a minority of subjects after COVID-19 vaccination.

People who were pregnant or lactating when they received a booster or third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine tolerated it well, according to the results of a prospective cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Researchers reported more promising data on a malaria vaccine that previously demonstrated high efficacy among children aged 5 to 17 months in a study published last year.