Infectious Diseases
News
No increase seen in children’s cumulative COVID-19 burden
New cases were down for the last week of 2020, American Academy of Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital Association report.
News
New pediatric cases down as U.S. tops 2 million children with COVID-19
News
Latest rise in child COVID-19 cases is relatively small
Total number of U.S. cases reported in children is now over 1.8 million.
News
Strategies for tracking SARS-CoV-2 could help detect next pandemic
One study evaluating blood donations found antibodies on the West Coast as early as Dec. 13, 2019.
Clinical
The top pediatric articles of 2019
The ten articles that had the most impact on pediatric hospital medicine, as presented at HM20 Virtual.
Clinical
Contact tracing in hospitals falls off as COVID-19 cases rise
Ad hoc approaches to contact tracing are likely to be short-lived.
News
COVID-19 vaccines: Safe for immunocompromised patients?
Data are limited thus far, and the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines in immunocompromised patients remain unknown.
News
Coronavirus has infected over 2% of U.S. children
AAP president: “In many areas, our health care system is terribly overburdened. The vaccine will not solve this overnight.”
Opinion
Understanding messenger RNA and other SARS-CoV-2 vaccines
Technological advances make these new and revolutionary vaccines a reality.
News
COVID-19 vaccines: Preparing for patient questions