Infectious Diseases
Commentary
Q&A: Meeting the challenge of giving COVID vaccines to younger kids
Pediatric experts share best practices for meeting the challenges of immunizing children aged 5-11 years.
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: A look at the pace of vaccination
Nearly 6 months after the vaccine was approved for children aged 12-15 years, less than half are fully vaccinated.
News
Influenza tied to long-term increased risk for Parkinson’s disease
“The infection could be a ‘primer’ or an initial ‘hit’ to the system, maybe setting people up for PD.”
News
Antidepressant may cut COVID-19–related hospitalization, mortality: TOGETHER
In the latest study, fluvoxamine-treated patients had a 32% reduction in hospitalizations and emergency visits, compared with those in the placebo...
News
CDC: Urgency remains to vaccinate children
"There's urgency because we're seeing disease in children, we've seen deaths in children, we've seen long COVID," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky,...
Opinion
My experience as a family medicine resident in 2021
My attending knew her patients; they were not faceless unknowns in a hospital gown to her.
News
White House announces vaccination plans for younger children
The shots could be available in early November.
Article
Painful facial abscess
Any case of a chronic nonhealing lesion of the face should include this condition in the differential.
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: Vaccinations lower than ever as cases continue to drop
Close to half of all children aged 12-17 years have yet to receive a dose of the vaccine.
News
States can reserve COVID shots for kids 5-11 this week
Ages 5-11 will need a 10-microgram dose, which is one-third of the dose administered to ages 12 and older.