Pediatrics
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ACIP hints at move from three-dose to two-dose HPV vaccination schedule for youth
ACIP is leaning toward recommending a change from three to two doses of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in boys and girls aged 11-12 years...
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ACIP votes to scrap LAIV vaccine for 2016-2017 influenza season
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has voted to scrap the use of the live attenuated...
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ACIP recommends MenACWY vaccine for HIV-infected persons 2 months and older
ACIP recommends HIV-infected persons 2 months and older receive the meningococcal ACWY (MenACWY) vaccine.
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Consider Fusobacterium in culture-negative pharyngitis
Consider Fusobacterium necrophorum in culture-negative pharyngitis in patients with a presentation similar to group A streptococcus pharyngitis....
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Perform urine culture if UTI suspected despite absence of pyuria
The presence of certain uropathogens can increase or decrease the chance of pyuria in a child’s urine being caused by a urinary tract infection....
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Donor blood testing highlights increasing Zika risk in Puerto Rico
In the coming months, it is possible that thousands of women in Puerto Rico could become infected with Zika. This could lead to dozens or hundreds...
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Vaccinations in certain combinations may slightly increase febrile seizure risk
Although the risk of febrile seizures in the population studied was low in general, it was higher for those receiving concomitantly administered...
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Children receiving Japanese encephalitis vaccine tolerated it well
Children given the inactivated Vero cell–derived vaccine to prevent diseases caused by Japanese encephalitis virus tolerated it well.
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Two-step UTI screening cuts catheterization rate in half
After implementation of a quality improvement initiative to more effectively screen febrile children for urinary tract infections (UTIs) in the...
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Maternal vaccination against pertussis can protect premature infants
Maternal immunization in the early third trimester (from 28 weeks’ gestation) may protect premature infants from pertussis, study results found....
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Ontario’s infant rotavirus immunization program found effective
A Canadian publicly funded rotavirus immunization program was successful in preventing hospitalizations and ED visits for RV-specific acute...