Posted on the Pediatric SuperSite on September 2, 2010
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
(SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) this week endorsed
mandatory vac... more
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Published in Infectious Diseases in Children September 2010
Back to school means back to the pediatrician’s office for many
children, as more schools now require physicals before participation in sport
an... more
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Posted on the Pediatric SuperSite on September 1, 2010
All children aged older than 6 months should receive the
annual trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine, and pediatricians should consider
prophyla... more
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Posted on the Pediatric SuperSite on August 26, 2010
People aged 65 years and older remain at the highest risk of morbidity
and mortality from seasonal
influenza, according to the CDC.
In a re... more
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Posted on the Pediatric SuperSite on August 26, 2010
Before 2009, the National Immunization Survey deemed children who
received at least three doses of any Haemophilus influenzae type
b-containing ... more
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Posted on the Pediatric SuperSite on August 26, 2010
Infants and toddlers respond well to the 13-valent
pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, data published online this week indicate.
Researchers from Wy... more
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Posted on the Pediatric SuperSite on August 24, 2010
Phase 1 of laboratory containment of the wild poliovirus in the WHO
Region of the Americas is complete, according to a report from the CDC. Efforts... more
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Posted on the Pediatric SuperSite on August 19, 2010
From 2008 to 2009, vaccination coverage among adolescents increased
considerably, with some states noting as much as a 15% increase in children
... more
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Posted on the Pediatric SuperSite on August 12, 2010
WHO has released the names and affiliations of emergency committee
members who convened to advise the agency in 2009 during the influenza A (H1N1)
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Posted on the Pediatric SuperSite on August 10, 2010
Margaret Chan, MD, PhD, director-general of WHO, today announced
the end of the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic.
Chan said that WHO’s Emergenc... more
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