Catherine Cooper Nellist is editor of Pediatric News and Ob. Gyn. News. She has more than 30 years of experience reporting, writing, and editing stories about clinical medicine and the U.S. health care industry. Prior to taking the helm of these award-winning publications, Catherine covered major medical research meetings throughout the United States and Canada, and had been editor of Clinical Psychiatry News, and Dermatology News. She joined the company in 1984 after graduating magna cum laude from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., with a BA in English.
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PCVs reduced CAP hospitalizations in young children but not other age groups
The 16-year retrospective study identified almost 156,000 CAP hospitalizations in the Netherlands.
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Flu vaccine did not protect children with acute leukemia
Receiving a trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) did not protect children and adolescents with acute leukemia from developing the flu,...
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More states allowing pharmacists to administer vaccines to younger patients
More jurisdictions also require less direct prescriber authority.
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Parents taking photos of kids’ lesions for telederm diagnosis looks promising
Concordance of teledermatology and in-person diagnoses was high.
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Adolescents with chronic health conditions often undervaccinated
But better flu vaccination suggests it can be done well in high-risk teens.
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FDA approves epinephrine autoinjector for infants, small children
New autoinjector has shorter needle, lower epinephrine dose for tiny patients.
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Parents have diverse reasons for refusing HPV vaccine for their child
Health care providers need to continue to educate parents about the anticancer vaccine.
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Chinese school-based flu vaccination program reduced outbreaks
There was better than 50% vaccination coverage with the school-based program.
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PCVs may reduce AOM severity, although they do not decrease incidence
A Japanese study confirms other findings that PCV7’s preventive effect against AOM is very modest, but it reveals another benefit.
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After warning, codeine use after tonsillectomy drops, doesn’t stop
More efforts to use nonopioid pain relievers should be made.
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Novel biomarker test appears accurate for UTI diagnosis in febrile children under 2 years
uNGAL testing appeared to outperform urinalysis and gram staining for UTI diagnosis in this population, but more study is needed.
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Vaccine coverage high among U.S. toddlers in 2016, but gaps remain
The Vaccines for Children program is not reaching all eligible children early in life.
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New standard classification, pathophysiology of rosacea announced
All phenotypes are considered manifestations of the same underlying inflammatory continuum.
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Pregnant women’s access to vaccination website, social media improved infants’ up-to-date immunizations
More vaccine-hesitant women visited the website than did nonhesitant women.
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Immunization information systems show progress over recent years
Bidirectional information exchange with EHRs is one asset of these systems.