Pediatrics

• Meeting News Coverage

• More education urged for preventing recreational water illnesses

• November 30, 2011
• IDC NY 2011
  NEW YORK — Several high-profile outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis and other gastrointestinal illnesses have highlighted the potential risks of...More »

• Pertussis outbreaks offer important take-home messages for pediatricians

• November 30, 2011
• What started out as a small pocket of about a dozen patients with pertussis in one area of Long Island, N.Y., has spread and now includes upward of 200...More »

• Health Policy

• FDA grants waiver for HCV test

• November 29, 2011
• The FDA has granted OraSure Technologies a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments waiver for its rapid blood test for hepatitis C virus.
  This is the...More »

• Malaria rates in African children unaffected by zinc supplement regimen

• November 29, 2011
• Preventive zinc supplementation does not reduce rates of malarial infection in Tanzanian children, according to study results published in the November...More »

• Public restroom bacterial pathogens easily transmitted by the touching of surfaces

• November 29, 2011
• People have often wondered what unsanitary horrors might be lurking in public bathrooms, widely considered the quintessential bacterial breeding ground....More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Recommendations urge screening for SCID

• November 29, 2011
• IDC NY 2011
  NEW YORK — Infants with severe combined immunodeficiency may appear healthy at birth, but have few T cells, leaving them susceptible to...More »

• Antimicrobial stewardship strategies reduce targeted and nontargeted antimicrobial use

• November 28, 2011
• Successful implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programs can have a significant effect on reducing targeted and nontargeted antimicrobial use,...More »

• Perspective

• Adolescent vaccination rates increased after addition to schedule

• November 22, 2011
• The addition of three vaccines to the immunization schedule for adolescents was linked to significant increases in coverage rates for those vaccines,...More »

• Invasive H. influenzae disease still a burden in US

• November 17, 2011
• Widespread use of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines have resulted in a significant overall decline in invasive H. influenzae disease. However, a...More »

• Health Policy

• CDC launches new antibiotic tracking system for hospitals

• November 15, 2011
• As part of this year’s “Get Smart About Antibiotics Week,” from Nov. 14-20, the CDC is launching a new antibiotic tracking system that allows hospitals to...More »

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