Infectious Diseases

This is the critical moment in time for all health care providers to proactively stop this potential public health nightmare by speaking with all parents and adolescents about the absolute need for everyone to receive the influenza vaccine.

As fall approaches, one of the biggest questions is: Can children return to school and be in classroom environments that assure health and well-being for all? Here's how practitioners can help.

How parents feel about their child returning to school during a pandemic hasn’t been at the forefront of the school return debate. A report provides some much needed information about how they feel.

Can children safely return to school? A webinar from MJH Life Sciences looks at the many questions that are brewing in the debate of safe school return.

Contemporary Pediatrics sat down with Donna Hallas, PhD, RN, PPCNP-BC, CPNP, PMHS, FAANP, FAAN, to discuss the debate over returning to in-school education during a pandemic and how health care providers can help.

The US government has entered into an agreement to acquire the first 100 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by Moderna, Inc., pending approval by the US Food and Drug Administration.

COVID-19 has been seen as primarily a disease impacting the lungs, but more of the body's systems have been shown to be impacted by the disease. Here's a look at how the disease impacts the skin.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, a new question arises: should schools with in-person classes require students and their family to get the flu vaccine?

As the battle with COVID-19 continues, so does the difficult decision about how to educate our children this fall.

A study looks at whether a vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) could be effective in reducing RSV-associated, medically significant lower respiratory tract infections in infants.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been fraught with worry, depression, and sadness. It's a very difficult time, but a smile can still make a world of difference.

The COVID-19 pandemic led to a shortage of hand sanitizers and a push to make up the gap with compounded hand sanitizer ensued. Recommendations were released to ensure their efficacy.

As fall approaches, one of the biggest questions is: Can children return to school and be in classroom environments that assure health and well-being for all?

The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is the key to a major public health victory, but the vaccine coverage has been less than effective. A report offers some answer to how parental intent has made an impact.

Three scientists discuss the global race for a COVID-19 vaccine.

A program with the goal of expanding human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and preventing HPV-related cancers has been expanded.

A recent study offers hope for more effective vaccine responses.

Face mask mandates mean that many people are wondering what material works best at protecting someone from COVID-19. A new study offers some answers.

It’s not only professional sports leagues returning to the playing field. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued interim guidance to keep young athletes safe from COVID-19.

Immunizations during pregnancy are common and meant to provide protection during the early months of life. A literature review looks at whether the practice influences other early health outcomes.

Contemporary Pediatrics sat down with Andrew Schuman, MD, to talk about how technology can help slow the spread of COVID-19.

The US government has entered into an agreement to acquire the first 100 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, pending approval by the US Food and Drug Administration.

Routine vaccination for meningococcal disease has been recommended since 2005. A study looks at whether the recommendation has reduced the incidence of disease.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released interim guidance for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).

Warmer weather means more time outside and the risk of a mosquito or tick bite. A poll examines how parents try to keep their children safe.

Every pediatric provider including pediatric nurse practitioners and pediatric nurses working in hospital or in outpatient settings must know the various ways children and adolescents may present with possible COVID-19 symptoms. They must also know which patients are at high risk of developing multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).

The job market for physicians has softened, but it isn’t expected to be permanent.

Parents of newborns who had been exposed to Zika virus in utero may have breathed a sigh of relief when their child was born with normocephaly. An investigation finds that adverse outcomes occurred even in children with normal head size.

The coronavirus pandemic keeps complicating the care of children in critical ways.

Social distancing and refraining from hoarding behavior have been common social behaviors since the beginning of the pandemic. A report examines how teenagers are engaging in these pandemic-related behaviors.