Immunization - Pediatric Immunization News

• 5-Year Safety Data From Upadacitinib Trials Reported Upadacitinib trials in atopic dermatitis have included diverse patient groups with varying risk factors, according to Dr Christopher Bunick.
  MDedge News, January 03, 2024
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• Amoxicillin Short Course Effective for Febrile UTIs Children treated with oral antibiotics for 5 days showed similar UTI recurrence rates at 30 days posttreatment to those who received the standard 10-day course.
  Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2023
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• COVID Strain JN.1 Is Now a 'Variant of Interest,' WHO Says JN.1 was previously grouped with its relative, BA.2.86, but has increased so much in the past 4 weeks that the WHO moved it to standalone status.
  WebMD Health News, December 21, 2023
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• Some Reasons to Get Off the Fence About COVID Booster Though many people remain on the fence about getting the latest COVID vaccine booster, new research suggests a strong argument for getting the shot this winter.
  Medscape Medical News, December 07, 2023
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• COVID Vaccines Lower Risk of Serious Illness in Kids Two doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine reduced hospitalizations and emergency department visits by 40%.
  Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
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• Extra Messages About HPV Shots Boost Vaccination Rates Children whose parents received a reminder notification that their child was due for vaccination against human papillomavirus were 56% more likely to get the potentially lifesaving shot.
  WebMD Health News, November 27, 2023
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• CDC Says Child Vaccination Exemptions Hit All-Time High The CDC said 3% of children starting kindergarten in the 2022-2023 school year received an exemption from one of the four key vaccines.
  WebMD Health News, November 13, 2023
• 'Tripledemic': Your Questions Answered A second flu vaccine? Immunization and the immunocompromised? The CDC's Dr Manisha Patel answers questions from the recent Medscape Masters panel on this year's respiratory virus season.
  Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2023
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• What Happens if You Get Both COVID and Flu (or RSV) at Once? Despite our prevention efforts, some unlucky few may contract not just one of these viruses, but two at once or in close succession during the winter season.
  WebMD Health News, November 11, 2023
• States Reconsider Exemptions for Vaccinations in Child Care Until recently, the trend had been going the other way, with four states — California, New York, Connecticut, and Maine — removing religious exemption policies over the past decade.
  KFF Health News, November 03, 2023
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• FDA to Healthcare Providers: Double Check COVID Vaccine Dose Parents on social media say their children may have gotten more than the recommended dose, with some parents noticing more reactions such as soreness and fever with the 2023-2024 vaccine.
  Medscape Medical News, November 02, 2023
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• AAP 2023 Social Media Attacks: How to Be Prepared Evidence-based information can help physicians protect themselves against online assaults.
  MDedge News, October 30, 2023
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• Alert New Meningococcal Vaccine Wins FDA Approval The single shot will cover the five most common serogroups that cause meningococcal disease in children and young adults.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2023
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• Vax Status Doesn't Impact Infectivity Timeline in Kids Roughly half of children are noninfectious 3 days after a positive COVID-19 test, independent of vaccination status.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2023
• Why Vaccinate Healthy 2- to 17-Year-Olds Against Influenza? This year, for the first time, healthcare professionals in France are invited to offer influenza vaccination to all children.
  Medscape Medical News, October 17, 2023
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• IDWeek 2023 New RSV Vaccine Will Cut Hospitalizations, Study Shows The maternal RSV vaccine will significantly reduce infant hospitalizations and curb medical costs, finds a new modeling study exploring the benefit of widespread use.
  Medscape Medical News, October 12, 2023
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• Shortages, Cost, and Frustration: Quest for the New COVID Shot As the rollout of the newly formulated shot begins in earnest, many Americans are finding roadblocks.
  WebMD Health News, September 29, 2023
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• Long COVID Is Very Rare Among Children, Research Finds The rate of long COVID for children is "strikingly low," less than 1%, say researchers.
  WebMD Health News, September 21, 2023
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• Paxlovid, Lagevrio Benefit COVID Outpatients in Omicron Era The American College of Physicians has issued an updated version of its living, rapid practice point guideline on the best treatment options for outpatients with confirmed COVID-19.
  MDedge News, September 19, 2023
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• COVID Booster May Transiently Raise Glucose Levels in T1D In a small study involving people with type 1 diabetes, most patients experienced mildly elevated glucose levels for a few days after receiving the booster, while a few had more dramatic spikes.
  Medscape Medical News, September 14, 2023
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• RSV Season Has Started, and This Year Could Be Different An increase in cases of respiratory syncytial virus in Florida and Georgia signals that RSV season has begun.
  WebMD Health News, September 07, 2023
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• Highly Mutated COVID Strain Can't Evade Immunity as Feared Having so many mutations increased the chance that it would behave differently from previous versions of the virus, possibly making it more dangerous.
  WebMD Health News, September 06, 2023
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• Q&A: What to Know About the New BA 2.86 COVID Variant BA 2.86 is a subvariant of Omicron, but according to reports from the CDC, the strain has many more mutations than the ones that came before it.
  WebMD Health News, August 31, 2023
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• New COVID Strain May Evade Vaccines A new strain of COVID-19 that was only identified a week ago in the US has prompted the CDC to take the rare step of issuing a formal message that it could evade vaccines or the protection of natural immunity.
  WebMD Health News, August 24, 2023
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• It May Be Time to Pay Attention to COVID Again Since April, a new COVID variant has cropped up. According to recent CDC data, EG.5 — from the Omicron family — now makes up 17% of all cases in the US, up from 7.5% in the first week of July.
  WebMD Health News, August 11, 2023
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