Infectious Diseases
Opinion
Preparing for back to school amid monkeypox outbreak and ever-changing COVID landscape
The best defense that we currently have against COVID is the vaccine.
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Pfizer seeks approval for updated COVID booster
The new shots target both the original spike protein on the coronavirus and the spike mutations carried by BA.4 and BA.5.
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Children and COVID: New cases fall again, ED rates rebound for some
Once again, elementary schools and preschools will be full of children who are not vaccinated.
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Higher rates of group B strep disease found in Black and Asian newborns
“We’re calling for all pregnant women and birthing people to be informed about group B strep and its risks, so they can make empowered choices for...
From the Journals
Large study amplifies evidence of COVID vaccine safety in pregnancy
Researchers mined a comprehensive registry of births in Ontario to assess uncommon adverse outcomes such as stillbirth.
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New international dermatology registry tracks monkeypox cases
AAD, ILDS want to hear about what you’re seeing in the clinic.
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Dermatology and monkeypox: What you need to know
Watch out for lesions that may look like herpes, shingles, syphilis, and other conditions, dermatologists advise.
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Children and COVID: ED visits and new admissions change course
Weekly cases dropped for the first time since early July.
ID Consult
Acute otitis media pneumococcal disease burden in children due to serotypes not included in vaccines
In pneumococcal conjugate–vaccinated populations, vaccine pressure and antibiotic resistance drive PCV serotype replacement with nonvaccine...
Feature
Polio virus found in NYC sewer system
The detection of polio in NYC is alarming but not surprising.
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NYC switching children’s COVID vaccine sites to monkeypox
The city health department said demand for children’s COVID vaccines had been on the downswing at the clinics.