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COVID-19 pandemic

Published: August 12, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Respiratory Tract, COVID-19
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Read about the latest developments in COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics. Plus, AAP guidance to protect children during the pandemic.
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CDC updates COVID guidance for schools, quarantine/isolation guidance for public

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: August 11, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Vaccine/Immunization, COVID-19
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The CDC has removed recommendations that schools use cohorts, quarantines and screening testing in most situations.
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FDA: Children to receive monkeypox vaccine subcutaneously while adults have new intradermal option

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: August 09, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Vaccine/Immunization
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The new option will help increase supply of the JYNNEOS vaccine.
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AAP leaders focus on health of children, pediatricians at conference

Steve Schering, Staff Writer
Published: August 09, 2022
TOPICS: Advocacy, Infectious Diseases, Psychiatry/Psychology, Public Health
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Speakers at the AAP Leadership Conference addressed pediatricians’ stress, public health threats, racism and mental health.
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Study: Children with COVID more likely to develop blood clots, heart issues, kidney failure

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: August 09, 2022
TOPICS: Cardiology, Diabetes Mellitus, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Pulmonology, COVID-19
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Post-COVID conditions in the study were rare but potentially serious.
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U.S. declares monkeypox a public health emergency

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: August 04, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Vaccine/Immunization
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Health officials said the declaration in the U.S. will allow them to ramp up their efforts to deploy personnel, make vaccines and treatments more widely available, improve data collection, educate the public, and raise awareness of the outbreak.
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AAP experts answer pediatricians’ questions on monkeypox

Published: August 04, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Public Health
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The advice from AAP experts comes as U.S. health officials have declared monkeypox to be a public health emergency, helping accelerate the response to the outbreak.
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Study: Children’s pandemic media use linked to parental stress

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: August 02, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Media, Psychiatry/Psychology, Screen Time, COVID-19
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About 33% of children ages 6-10 years and 39% of adolescents 11-17 years had problematic media use.
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Visit the pediatrician for vaccines before your child goes back to school

Steve Schering, Staff Writer
Published: August 01, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Vaccine/Immunization, COVID-19
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The doctor will make sure your child is up to date on immunizations, including the COVID-19 vaccine.
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CDC releases pediatric monkeypox guidance

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: July 27, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Vaccine/Immunization
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The agency’s new guidance covers prevention, symptoms, management, treatment, vaccines, infection control and breastfeeding.
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CDC: 2 children diagnosed with monkeypox; treatment process streamlined

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: July 26, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Vaccine/Immunization
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Tecovirimat, an antiviral medication developed for smallpox, can be used via expanded access investigational new drug protocol to treat monkeypox in children and adults who are at risk of severe disease.
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Sudden onset of limb weakness could signal acute flaccid myelitis or polio

Eileen L. Yee, M.D., FAAP, and Janell A. Routh, M.D., M.H.S.
Published: July 13, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases
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To date, 686 cases of AFM have been confirmed since 2014, with case increases seen in 2016 and 2018.
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Study: Routine childhood vaccines prevented more than 24 million illnesses in 2019

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: July 13, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Influenza, Public Health, Vaccine/Immunization
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Vaccination helped avoid about 6.1 million cases of Streptococcus pneumoniae acute otitis media, nearly 4.3 million cases of varicella and more than 3.6 million cases of measles.
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CDC issues advisory on parechovirus infections in infants

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: July 12, 2022
TOPICS: Fetus/Newborn Infant, Infectious Diseases
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Parechovirus infections should be considered in infants with fever, sepsis-like syndrome or neurological illness such as seizures or meningitis without another known cause.
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AAP town hall includes White House guest, COVID vaccine Q&A

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: July 06, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Vaccine/Immunization, COVID-19
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Experts answered questions about COVID vaccine preferences, coadministration and timing.
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FDA panel: Include omicron in COVID vaccine boosters this fall

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: June 28, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Vaccine/Immunization, COVID-19
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FDA officials say they are concerned about reduced effectiveness of the current vaccines against omicron.
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Moderna vaccine for children ages 6-17 backed by CDC

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: June 23, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Vaccine/Immunization, COVID-19
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The vaccine gives families of school-age children a second option for protection against COVID-19.
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CDC vaccine group OKs new MMR, PCV vaccines for children

Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor
Published: June 22, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Influenza, Public Health, Vaccine/Immunization
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The CDC director will review ACIP's recommendations and decide whether to approve them.
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CDC approves COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5; vaccinations could begin this week

Steve Schering, Staff Writer
Published: June 18, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Vaccine/Immunization, COVID-19
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About 20 million children under 5 can now get vaccinated.
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Latest pediatric flu death brings total to 29

Alyson Sulaski Wyckoff, Associate Editor
Published: June 17, 2022
TOPICS: Infectious Diseases, Influenza, Vaccine/Immunization
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Seasonal influenza rates are declining overall, but three states still have high activity.
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