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Laissez-faire
While reducing antibiotic resistance is an important concern at a patient and community level, we should not become complacent about the risks to...
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Preparing for the viral trifecta: RSV, influenza, and COVID-19
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Summer diarrhea – Time to think outside the box
While not an everyday diagnosis, waterborne parasites need to be in our summertime diarrheal differentials.
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Bordetella parapertussis reemerges as a cause of respiratory illness in children
Testing is the only way to reliably distinguish between Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis.
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Profile of respiratory bacteria in children younger than 6 months
Researchers provide heretofore unreported contemporary data in a highly PCV13-immunized, community-based child population in the United States.
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New outbreaks of Marburg virus disease: What clinicians need to know
Overall, the risk of MVD in nonendemic countries, like the United States, is low but there is still a risk of importation.
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Rabies: How to respond to parents’ questions
Rabies is one of the most fatal diseases but can be prevented by avoiding contact with wild animals, maintenance of high immunization rates in...
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COVID-19 vaccinations lag in youngest children
As of March 1, 2023, only 8% of children under 2 years and 10.5% of children ages 2-4 years have initiated a COVID vaccine series.
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Young children quickly outgrow the need for ear tubes
Children having several ear infections in a short time does not predict that they will have a similar number of ear infections in the future.
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Measles
Only 81% of the world’s children have received their first measle vaccine dose and only 71% have received the second dose - a 95% vaccination rate...
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Immunity debt and the tripledemic
The significant reduction in respiratory illness during the COVID-19 epidemic we and others observed resulted in a large pool of children who did...