Infectious Diseases
Feature
Don’t let amoxicillin shortage go to waste, antibiotic stewards say
The amoxicillin shortage stands out because of how widely the drug is used and the fact that the shortage appears to have been sparked by an...
News
‘A huge deal’: Millions have long COVID, and more are expected
More than a quarter say their condition is severe enough to significantly limit their day-to-day activities.
Photo Rounds
Severe pediatric oral mucositis
We initially suspected primary herpetic gingivostomatitis. But the patient’s lab work, persistent fever, and cough led us in a different direction...
From the Journals
RSV causes 1 in 50 deaths in children under age 5: European study
In developed nations, children who get RSV usually survive because they have access to ventilators and other health care equipment. Still, just...
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: Weekly cases continue to hold fairly steady
The latest hospital admission data may be telling a somewhat different story.
Commentary
Love them or hate them, masks in schools work
The confounding here goes in the opposite direction of the results. If anything, these factors should make you more certain that masking works.
Conference Coverage
No benefit of rivaroxaban in COVID outpatients: PREVENT-HD
PREVENT-HD joins a long list of smaller trials also showing no benefit of anticoagulation in nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Latest News
Children from poorer ZIP codes often untreated for ear infections
“Chronic and complicated forms of otitis media can cause childhood hearing loss, which in turn limits academic and economic potential.”
Latest News
Monkeypox in children appears rare and relatively mild
“The other silver lining about it is that most of the kids got infected in the household setting, from ways that you would expect them to get [...
Pediatric Dermatology Consult
An adolescent male presents with an eroded bump on the temple
Teen male treated recently for cancer presents with bump on the right temple.
Opinion
More children should be getting flu vaccines
As of the week ending Oct. 15, only about 22.1% of eligible children had been immunized.