Immunization - Pediatric Immunization Features

• The Year’s Hottest Topics in Pediatric Medicine As we head into 2025, Dr William Basco comments on 2024’s most important news for pediatric clinicians.
  Medscape Pediatrics, January 07, 2025
• MMRV Safety Assessed in Children on Methotrexate, Dupilumab No adverse events were observed in a small retrospective study of pediatric patients receiving the MMRV vaccine while on dupilumab or methotrexate.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2024
• Communicating Benefits of Prenatal Vaccination to Patients Vaccination coverage in pregnant people remains suboptimal. As the virus season continues, learn how to communicate the importance of prenatal vaccination to pregnant patients in your care.
  CDC Expert Commentary, December 06, 2024
• It’s Not Too Late for Influenza Vaccination Dr Lisa Grohskopf weighs in with what providers need to know regarding recommendations for influenza vaccination in the United States.
  CDC Expert Commentary, November 22, 2024
• This Holiday Season, Protect Yourself and Your Patients Dr Mandy Cohen, director of the CDC, urges healthcare providers to get vaccinated and to share vaccination guidance with patients.
  CDC Expert Commentary, November 21, 2024
• How to Stay Safe When Caring for Patients With Mpox Prompt identification of suspected mpox cases is a vital first step to maintaining workforce safety, experts said at a WHO webinar.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, November 12, 2024
• COVID-19 Linked to Increased Risk for Pemphigus, Pemphigoid COVID-19 infection increased the risk for autoimmune blistering diseases, but vaccination had protective effects, according to the results of a retrospective cohort study.
  Medscape Medical News, November 11, 2024
• Fall Vaccine Updates From ACIP: New Recs   ACIP has issued several important vaccine changes that are effective right now.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, November 08, 2024
• America’s PCPs: Take a Bow Dr Kenny Lin says encouraging recent statistics on tobacco use, obesity, and opioid deaths reflect, at least in part, hard work by the nation’s primary care clinicians.
  Medscape Family Medicine, November 05, 2024
• RSV Immunization Recommendations for 2024 CDC experts share what healthcare providers should know about RSV vaccine recommendations for patients vulnerable to infection.
  CDC Expert Commentary, October 28, 2024
• Transforming Public Health Data Systems Post-Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the urgent need to modernize public health data systems. Health providers play a key role, says CDC's Dr. Jennifer Layden.
  CDC Expert Commentary, October 01, 2024
• 'A Large Amount of Trauma': Camp Doctors Fix More Than Cuts   Drs Robert Glatter, Peter Antevy, and Matthew Harris discuss their experiences with and considerations for serving as summer camp physicians.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, September 24, 2024
• Updated COVID Vaccines: Who Should Get One, and When?   Help patients overcome COVID booster fatigue and update their protection against the now endemic COVID virus.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, September 06, 2024
• Depiction of Cancer in Movies: Not an Accurate Portrayal   Dr Maurie Markman discusses a recent paper involving the depiction of cancer in movies over the past decade.
  Medscape Oncology, September 03, 2024
• Simplifying Hepatitis B   The rules about whom to screen and vaccinate for hepatitis B are now more clinician-friendly.
  The Curbsiders, August 30, 2024
• COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Shortens Menstrual Cycles in Teens Adolescent girls experienced shorter menstrual cycles in the 4 months after being vaccinated with the COVID-19 booster vaccine than teens who may have received a vaccine but more than 6 months prior.
  Medscape Medical News, August 28, 2024
• Ask Your Patients if They Vaccinate Their Pets: Ethicist   Ethicist Art Caplan discusses vaccinations for pets and the impact on humans.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, August 27, 2024
• Low HPV Vaccination in the US Is a Public Health 'Failure'   Dr Maurie Markman discusses recent data on the disappointing proportion of HPV vaccination coverage in the United States.
  Medscape Oncology, August 20, 2024
• What 'Project 2025' Would Mean for Health and Healthcare Excerpts from Project 2025 demonstrate the likely impact of sweeping changes to US healthcare policy.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, August 12, 2024
• Mirror, Mirror: How Digital Twins Can Rescue Healthcare The key to overcoming complexity is simplicity.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, July 23, 2024