Pediatrics
Conference Coverage
Cultural approach to vaccine hesitancy essential for ethnic communities
Developing interventions to address vaccine hesitancy in tight-knit ethnic communities may require a significantly different approach than it...
Conference Coverage
HPV vaccination rates tripled with practice’s comprehensive intervention
ATLANTA – A comprehensive intervention tripled HPV vaccination rates in a pediatric health care group practice.
Article
The art of persuasion
Although generally more information is a good thing, too much false information can result in limiting health care.
Feature
Texas reports local Zika transmission
On Nov. 28, public health officials reported a case of Zika virus in a Brownsville woman who hadn’t traveled to Mexico or any other area with...
Article
Make HIV testing of adolescents routine
Dr. Kristina K. Bryant encourages you to make HIV testing of adolescents routine.
From the Journals
Infants with congenital Zika born without microcephaly still can still develop it
Head circumferences of 13 Brazilian infants – born with confirmed congenital Zika virus but without microcephaly – shrunk within 1 year.
From the Journals
Two doses of HPV vaccine may be noninferior to three
The immunogenicity response to two doses of the 9-valent HPV vaccine in children and adolescents was noninferior to the immunogenicity of the...
Conference Coverage
Challenges of influenza, measles, pertussis guide outbreak management
Recent U.S. outbreaks of pertussis, influenza, and measles have revealed epidemiologic shifts that pose new prevention and management challenges...
From the Journals
Inhaled laninamivir reduces risk of influenza in young children
The inhaled neuraminidase inhibitor laninamivir has been shown to significantly reduce the likelihood of developing influenza among children...
Conference Coverage
New research in otitis media means new controversies
Researchers have learned more about otitis media in the past decade, but controversies and challenges remain.
Conference Coverage
Phase II data suggest IV zanamivir safe for severe flu in kids
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