Pediatrics
Conference Coverage
Research yields 5 key points about vaccine hesitancy
Five factors are key to understanding why parents hesitate to vaccinate their children.
Conference Coverage
Clindamycin, TMP-SMX both of benefit for small abscesses
Both clindamycin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole were superior to placebo when used after incision and drainage for the treatment of small,...
From the Journals
School-located influenza vaccination programs can be effective
School-located influenza vaccination can increase flu vaccination rate in both suburban and urban settings.
From the Journals
Low parental confidence in HPV vaccine stymies adolescent vaccination rates
More than a quarter of U.S. parents surveyed refused human papillomavirus vaccination in their adolescents because of a lack of overall trust in...
News from the FDA/CDC
Large increase seen in number of Zika-infected pregnancies
The 288 new cases of pregnant women with laboratory evidence of Zika infection reported for the week ending Oct. 27, 2016, represent the largest...
Conference Coverage
Fatal measles complication occurs more often than realized
A fatal complication of measles known as subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE, can develop years after measles infection and appears to...
Conference Coverage
Lyme disease spirochete helps babesiosis gain a foothold
BOSTON – The spirochete that causes Lyme disease in humans may be helping to escalate the rate of human babesiosis cases in regions where both are...
Conference Coverage
ACIP approves changes to HPV, Tdap, DTaP, MenB vaccination guidance
Changes to language dominated the updates at the latest committee vote.
Conference Coverage
Use of 2D bar coding with vaccines may be the future in pediatric practice
ATLANTA – Since the first bar coded consumer product, a pack of gum, was scanned in June of 1974, the soon widespread use of bar codes changed...
Conference Coverage
ACIP approves change to hepatitis B vaccination guidelines
Minor change in language for hepatitis B birth dose was unanimously approved.
From the Journals
Pyuria is an important tool in diagnosing UTI in infants
Dilute and concentrated urine samples can have different thresholds for UTI positivity, says new study.