Immunization - Pediatric Immunization Features

• The 2024 Adult Vaccine Schedule Changes Are Here   Usually posted in February, the 2024 schedule has arrived early. Dr Sandra Fryhofer goes over the key changes in the adult schedule for 2024.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, December 26, 2023
• Technology for Primary Care — Terrific, Terrifying, or Both? The paper appointment book has been replaced by scheduling systems sometimes lacking in flexibility for double booking, sibling visits, and variable length.
  MDedge, December 22, 2023
• Are You Sure Your Patient Is Alive?   Someone knows when a person has died, but a shocking lack of sharing that news is causing problems for clinicians, families, and health systems.
  Medscape, December 04, 2023
• Heart Rate Variability: Ignoring a Harbinger of Health? Many of today's fitness wearables provide HRV scores, but we may be paying too little attention to their significance in health and disease.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, October 25, 2023
• Upper Respiratory Infections: Viral Testing in Primary Care COVID has ushered in a new era in the diagnosis and management of colds, flu, and COVID.
  Medscape Family Medicine, October 23, 2023
• Left-Digit Bias and Other Random Acts of Medicine   A new book reveals how chance can change the course of a person's health, life, and death.
  Medscape, September 07, 2023
• Summer Diarrhea -- Time to Think Outside the Box An otherwise healthy 11-year-old presents with four to five loose stools per day, mild nausea, excess flatulence, and cramps for 12 days with a 5-lb weight loss.
  MDedge, August 02, 2023
• Celebs Shouldn't Get Away With Spreading Misinformation   Bioethicist Art Caplan, PhD, discusses the most powerful ways to battle misinformation in the media.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, July 05, 2023
• Bordetella parapertussis: Re-emerging Illness in Kids The mother insisted on an expanded respiratory panel which revealed a surprising result: Bordetella parapertussis.
  MDedge, June 22, 2023
• Respiratory Bacteria in Children Younger Than 6 Months We found two significant risk factors in the first 6 months of life for detection of nasopharyngeal colonization of pneumococcus, H influenzae, and M catarrhalis.
  MDedge, June 16, 2023
• Change Makers: FDA Commissioner Dr Califf on Public Health WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte, MD, MPH, speaks with FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, about the vital role of the FDA in protecting public health and how it is responding to recent issues.
  Medscape, May 31, 2023
• The New Vaccine Your Patients May Not Want An additional routine vaccine for adults is now on the horizon. How can we incorporate it into our practices and overcome patient hesitancy?
  Medscape Family Medicine, May 22, 2023
• A Clash of Expectations What is the role of a primary care pediatrician?
  MDedge, May 10, 2023
• New Outbreaks of Marburg Virus Disease: What to Know Since the first discovery of Marburg virus, there have been at least 14 Marburg virus disease outbreaks worldwide, with nearly 600 cases and case fatality rates of 23%-90%.
  MDedge, May 10, 2023
• Rabies: How to Respond to Parents' Questions Worldwide it's estimated that rabies causes 59,000 deaths annually.
  MDedge, May 01, 2023
• COVID-19 Vaccinations Lag in Youngest Children Despite evidence of vaccine efficacy, very few parents are opting to protect their young children with the COVID-19 vaccine.
  MDedge, March 24, 2023
• Physicians and Clinicians Should Be Required to Get Flu Shots: Ethicist   Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, discusses the importance of flu vaccination for healthcare providers.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, February 23, 2023
• Three Wishes: The Changes Health Professionals Want In the spirit of suspended disbelief, we asked physicians and other contributors what their three wishes would be for their patients, practice/hospital, and health systems.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, January 18, 2023
• Practice-Changing Pediatric Updates: The Year's Best Dr William Basco brings you the important stories, updated guidelines, and new evidence you may have missed during 2022.
  Medscape Pediatrics, January 13, 2023
• ID Consult: Measles "This 2-year-old has a fever, cough, red eyes, and an impressive rash. I've personally never seen a case of measles, but I'm worried given that this child has never received the MMR vaccine."
  MDedge, January 11, 2023