Infectious Diseases
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Severe outcomes increased in youth hospitalized after positive COVID-19 test
Older age, underlying illness, and symptom duration were associated with increased risk of severe outcomes.
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Pediatric community-acquired pneumonia: 5 days of antibiotics better than 10 days
“These data are immediately applicable to frontline clinicians,” said Dr. Derek Williams of Vanderbilt University.
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Children and COVID: U.S. sees almost 1 million new cases
Hospital admission rate for children has risen by 547% since the end of November.
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Negative home COVID test no ‘free pass’ for kids, study finds
A meta-analysis of 17 previous studies found that rapid tests are good at identifying positive cases but carry high rates of false-negative...
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ACIP releases new dengue vaccine recommendations
Puerto Rico is the main focus of control efforts because 95% of U.S. dengue cases originate there.
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Common cold could protect against COVID-19, study says
The findings could provide a blueprint for a second-generation, universal vaccine to prevent infection from COVID-19 variants.
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Ranking seven COVID-19 antigen tests by ease of use: Report
None of the tests were rated as “excellent” in terms of usability and some had “noteworthy” usability concerns.
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Children and COVID: New cases and hospital admissions skyrocket
Almost 3,500 U.S. children were in the hospital with confirmed COVID-19 on Jan. 9.
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CDC: More kids hospitalized with COVID since pandemic began
“[It] very well may be that there are just more cases out there, and our children are more vulnerable when they have more cases surrounding them...
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With sexually transmitted infections off the charts, California pushes at-home tests
Under California’s new law, plans regulated by the state must cover home STI tests when ordered by a health care...