Immunization - Pediatric Immunization Features

• Mirror, Mirror: How Digital Twins Can Rescue Healthcare The key to overcoming complexity is simplicity.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, July 23, 2024
• New Mid-Year Vaccine Recommendations From ACIP Important changes to vaccination recommendations for COVID, flu, RSV, and pneumococcal disease -- and what's behind the changes -- are summarized here.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, July 11, 2024
• Be Alert for Conjunctivitis: New Human Cases of H5N1 Bird Flu   Clinicians should be aware of the symptoms of bird flu seen in the first few human cases.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, July 09, 2024
• Online Diagnosis of STIs? Ethicist Says We Are Nowhere Close Ethicist Art Caplan discusses the use of websites for diagnosing sexually transmitted diseases.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, June 24, 2024
• On the Front Line With Long COVID and POTS A pioneer in dysautonomia shares pearls on approaching patients with long COVID and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.
  Medscape, June 03, 2024
• 5 Things to Know: COVID-19 Vaccines for Immunocompromised People CDC experts share what clinicians should know about COVID-19 prevention in immunocompromised patients.
  CDC Expert Commentary, May 16, 2024
• The Immunology of COVID and the Future A leading light in immunobiology takes us through long COVID, nasal vaccines, and the next frontier of the field.
  Medscape, May 15, 2024
• Concerning Trends: Lack of HPV Vaccination in the United States Dr Maurie Markman discusses concerning trends related to HPV vaccination.
  Medscape Oncology, May 09, 2024
• Digital Nudges Found to Be Duds in Flu Vax Trial Reminders sent via text message or patient portal did not increase rates of influenza vaccination.
  Medscape Medical News, March 28, 2024
• RSV Vaccines: Which One Is Right for Your Patient?   The Cribsiders highlight the latest breakthrough vaccine products to protect kids and adults from RSV.
  The Cribsiders, March 11, 2024
• Intrapartum Antibiotics Tied to Childhood Autoimmune Disease Children exposed to antibiotics during birth may be at increased risk for autoimmune disease in childhood, researchers in Finland have found.
  Medscape Medical News, March 08, 2024
• Does an October Birthday Protect Kids From Flu? New research showed that children born in October may have lower rates of influenza diagnosis.
  Medscape Medical News, February 29, 2024
• HPV Vaccine Highly Effective in Girls Years Later None of the women who had received the vaccine before age 14 years developed cervical cancer.
  Medscape Medical News, January 26, 2024
• The Emerging Physician-Scientist Crisis in America A lack of funding, mentorship, and compensation for clinician-researchers could threaten America's standing as the world leader in biomedicine.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, January 26, 2024
• The 2024 Adult Vaccine Schedule Changes Are Here   Usually posted in February, the 2024 schedule has arrived early. Dr Sandra Fryhofer goes over the key changes in the adult schedule for 2024.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, December 26, 2023
• Technology for Primary Care — Terrific, Terrifying, or Both? The paper appointment book has been replaced by scheduling systems sometimes lacking in flexibility for double booking, sibling visits, and variable length.
  MDedge, December 22, 2023
• Are You Sure Your Patient Is Alive?   Someone knows when a person has died, but a shocking lack of sharing that news is causing problems for clinicians, families, and health systems.
  Medscape, December 04, 2023
• Nirsevimab for Preventing RSV in Infants and Young Children The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices reviewed the safety and efficacy of nirsevimab for preventing RSV among patients of this age group and provides recommendations for its use.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, November 02, 2023
• Heart Rate Variability: Ignoring a Harbinger of Health? Many of today's fitness wearables provide HRV scores, but we may be paying too little attention to their significance in health and disease.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, October 25, 2023
• Upper Respiratory Infections: Viral Testing in Primary Care COVID has ushered in a new era in the diagnosis and management of colds, flu, and COVID.
  Medscape Family Medicine, October 23, 2023