Immunization - Pediatric Immunization News

• Vaccine Hopes for RSV, Leading Cause of Death in US Infants Experts seek to investigate the possibility of universal immunization for infants at risk for respiratory syncytial virus.
  MDedge News, August 29, 2022
• Under a Fifth of PCPs Exchange Data Online With Public Health New survey results may underestimate current interoperability, but public health IT systems are still in bad shape and not all EHRs can connect to them.
  Medscape Medical News, August 25, 2022
• Children and COVID: New Cases Fall Again, ED Rates Rebound New COVID-19 cases in children declined for a second consecutive week, even as emergency department visit rates started rising for those aged 12-15 years.
  MDedge News, August 24, 2022
• Polio in US, UK, and Israel Reveals Rare Risk of Oral Vaccine In a surprising twist in the decades-long effort to eradicate the virus, authorities in Jerusalem, New York, and London have discovered evidence that polio is spreading there.
  Associated Press, August 22, 2022
• What Parents Need to Know About Monkeypox and School This Fall "Children and adolescents are more likely to be exposed to monkeypox if they live in or have recently traveled to a community with higher rates of infection."
  WebMD Health News, August 18, 2022
• Children and COVID: ED Visits and New Admissions Change Course The prolonged rise in ED visits and new admissions over the last 5 months, which continued even through late spring when cases were declining, seems to have peaked.
  MDedge News, August 17, 2022
• Diagnosing Kids With Long COVID Can Be Tricky: Experts The transformation from regular teen life to someone with a chronic illness "sucked," says Spencer, who will turn 15 in August. "I felt like I was never going to get better."
  WebMD Health News, August 15, 2022
• Alert Xofluza Approved for Treating Flu in Children An antiviral medication that's been treating adults with influenza for years now has an application for children.
  FDA Approvals, August 12, 2022
• CDC Says More Is Needed to Protect Infants From Hepatitis B Progress has occurred in reducing maternal-to-child transmission of hepatitis B, a leading cause of liver cancer, but is lagging, particularly in Africa.
  Medscape Medical News, August 11, 2022
• How Well Do Vaccines Protect Against Long COVID? Kulick also is now vaccinated and boosted. Had a vaccine been available sooner, could it have protected her from long COVID?
  WebMD Health News, August 08, 2022
• ACR Makes Changes to Adult, Pediatric Vaccinations Guidance The pneumococcal, recombinant zoster, and HPV vaccines are among those recommended for patients taking immunosuppressive medications.
  Medscape Medical News, August 08, 2022
• Monkeypox Emergency; Low Child Vaccine Rates; Opioid Pressure The top 3 things you should know to start your day.
  3 Things to Know Today, August 05, 2022
• New Omicron COVID Boosters Coming Soon: What to Know Now New COVID-19 vaccine boosters, targeting new Omicron strains of the virus, are expected to roll out across the US in September.
  WebMD Health News, August 04, 2022
• Alert White House Declares Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency Intradermal injections that use one fifth of the normal dose of the Jynneos vaccine will extend the limited reach of the current supply, which is under high demand.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2022
• Pediatricians Struggle to Break the COVID Vaccine Logjam Many parents are hesitant to have their youngest children vaccinated against COVID-19, but some healthcare systems have had success using targeted strategies.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2022
• Children and COVID: Weekly Cases Top 95,000, Admissions Rise New pediatric COVID-19 cases increased for the third straight week as a substantial number of children under age 5 years started to receive their second doses of the vaccine.
  MDedge News, August 02, 2022
• Millions of Kids Unvaccinated Against COVID-19 for New School Year In the past 4 weeks, 311,000 kids have tested positive for COVID-19, the American Academy of Pediatrics reported.
  WebMD Health News, July 29, 2022
• Scientists Aim to Combat COVID With a Shot in the Nose Developing an intranasal COVID vaccine is among the ideas scientists are testing to keep ahead of an evolving virus.
  Medscape Medical News, July 27, 2022
• Single Dose of HPV Vaccine Is 'Game Changer,' Says WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) says that a single dose of vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) delivers solid protection, comparable to that with two-dose schedules.
  Medscape Medical News, July 27, 2022
• Children and COVID: Many Parents See Vaccine as the Greater Risk A recent survey shows that more than half of parents believe that the vaccine is a greater risk to children under age 5 years than the virus.
  MDedge News, July 26, 2022