Immunization - Pediatric Immunization News

• Merck's RSV Shot Helps Protect Infants in Mid-to-late Stage Study Merck's antibody-based shot met the main goal of a mid-to-late stage trial, when tested to protect infants against a disease caused by the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV),...
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2024
• Rising Conflicts Globally Slowed Childhood Vaccination Rate in 2023, UN Says More children were left out of critical vaccination drives for diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough last year as a rise in conflicts across the globe...
  Reuters Health Information, July 14, 2024
• How Has the RSV Season Changed Since the Pandemic Began? The RSV season is peaking earlier and entailing higher rates of hospitalization, according to Canadian data.
  Medscape Medical News, July 03, 2024
• Peds Clinic Doubles Data Capture by Going Paperless The goal of the program was to raise the rate of complete data capture at well visits to at least 80% and do this across all languages.
  MDedge News, May 15, 2024
• Pediatrician Credibility Survives Health Misinformation Wave Despite this rise of health misinformation, pediatricians still believe their patients trust them.
  MDedge News, May 14, 2024
• AAD 2024 Evidence Accumulating on Viral Cause of Cutaneous Granulomas Of the cases accruing in the United States and elsewhere, most but not all were linked to inborn errors of immunity.
  MDedge News, May 09, 2024
• Many Drugs Linked to Pediatric SJS-TEN, WHO Data Show Antiepileptic and anti-infectious agents were the most common classes tied to SJS-TEN.
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2024
• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Surge: Europe Sounds the Alarm ECDC data show that measles and pertussis cases are on the rise again after a post–COVID-19 pandemic decline.
  Medscape Medical News, April 22, 2024
• EAU 2024 Recurrent UTI Patients Find Long-Term Ally in Oral Vaccine A vaccine for urinary tract infection is effective for up to 9 years and can resolve cases in which antibiotics have failed.
  Medscape News UK, April 08, 2024
• AAD 2024 Intralesional Wart Treatments Are Among Options to Consider Alternatives to SA and cryotherapy for warts may be helpful "for patients who have failed traditional therapies or have a contraindication to the usual go-tos," said Dr Jennifer Adams.
  MDedge News, April 02, 2024
• Lab Tests Are Key for Diagnosing Chickenpox Clinical diagnosis continues to be the primary method for diagnosing varicella, but only about half of clinically diagnosed cases were positive for the VZV in a new study.
  MDedge News, April 02, 2024
• 'Critical' to Catch Up on Measles Vaccinations to Stem Outbreaks, Says WHO Vaccinating children who missed their measles shots during the COVID-19 pandemic is critical, a senior World Health Organization official said on Tuesday, as outbreaks of...
  Reuters Health Information, March 19, 2024
• Measles Control So Far in 2024: 'Not Off to a Great Start' The recent rise in cases across the country is linked to unvaccinated travelers and lower-than-ideal vaccination rates, experts said.
  WebMD Health News, March 15, 2024
• New Infant RSV Antibody Treatment Shows Strong Results Babies who received the new preventive treatment for RSV shortly after birth were 90% less likely to be severely sickened with the potentially deadly respiratory illness, according to the CDC.
  WebMD Health News, March 13, 2024
• Britain Seeks 'urgent Reversal' Of Fall in Childhood Vaccination Rates Britain will on Thursday launch a drive to boost childhood vaccination rates, health authorities said, seeking an "urgent reversal" to a fall in uptake as the country faces...
  Reuters Health Information, February 28, 2024
• Florida's Stance on Measles Upends Expert Guidance The best protection is vaccination in advance, experts stressed, along with quarantining if sick. But clinics can take some steps to protect vulnerable patients.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2024
• Europe Needs to Get on Top of Its Measles Outbreak An alarming rise in measles cases across Europe is blamed on low vaccine uptake during the pandemic and vaccine mistrust.
  Medscape Medical News, February 08, 2024
• Harvard Docs Train Ukrainian Counterparts 2 Years Into War Boston program aimed to mentor specialists whose medical education was forged in the remnants of the old Soviet system.
  Medscape Medical News, February 05, 2024
• Second Malaria Vaccine Highly Protective, Trial Results Show A malaria vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India prevented around three-quarters of symptomatic malaria cases in young children the...
  Reuters Health Information, February 01, 2024
• Should Your Medical Clinic Reinstate Mask Requirements? A winter wave of COVID-19 and flu wave prompted some hospitals across the country to reinstate mask mandates for patients, staff, and visitors. Should you do the same?
  Medscape Medical News, January 23, 2024