Allergy/Immunology

• Challenging Clinical Cases in Adult Immunization: Focus on Zoster

• December 30, 2010
• Herpes zoster currently affects approximately 1 million people in the United States each year, with most cases occurring in the elderly. The aging of the...More »

• In the Journals

• Adjuvanted split-virus H1N1 vaccine elicits better response vs. whole-virus vaccine

• December 20, 2010
• Based on the results of the first head-to-head comparison of two 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccines in adults, increased immunogenicity was observed for the...More »

• CDC: Influenza activity on the rise in US

• December 3, 2010
• The national percentage of viruses testing positive for influenza continued to increase this week, led by sharp increases in the southeast region of the...More »

• Clinicians must continue to stress importance of vaccines, herd immunity

• December 2, 2010
• NEW YORK — Different viewpoints should be acknowledged, yet different strategies should be examined in varying populations in the US to see which is most...More »

• Case Challenges: Radiology

• A 16-Year-Old Male with Recurrent Inflammation and Hearing Loss

• Pediatric Annals, December 2010, Volume 39 Issue 12
• A 16-year-old white boy was hospitalized for evaluation of recurrent headache, urticarial rash, low-grade fever, conjunctivitis, joint pain, and...More »

• Editorial

• Pulmonology: Horses and Zebras

• Pediatric Annals, December 2010, Volume 39 Issue 12
• The current issue of Pediatric Annals, which is devoted to pediatric pulmonary topics related to chronic lung problems, spans the spectrum from relatively...More »

• Guidelines for the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia in pediatric patients

• November 24, 2010
• NEW YORK CITY — John Bradley, MD, of the Rady Children’s Hospital, spoke about issues related to diagnosing pneumonia, selecting appropriate treatment in...More »

• In the Journals

• Aerosol-generating device led to A/H3N2 outbreak in acute ward setting

• November 23, 2010
• An aerosol-generating device may have been the cause of an influenza A/H3N2 outbreak at Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong. Therefore, researchers...More »

• Screening, immunizing mothers key to preventing perinatal infections

• November 22, 2010
• NEW YORK CITY — Pregnant women had a 7-fold higher hospitalization rate than the general population during the 2009 pandemic influenza outbreak and a 50%...More »

• Vaccines committee supports Gardasil for prevention of anal cancer

• November 17, 2010
• The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee recommended extending the indication for Merck’s human papillomavirus vaccine,...More »

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