COVID-19

COVID-19 is no longer a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced after its 15th International Health Regulations Emergency Meeting.

The vaccine efficacy of the Novavax’s NVX-CoV2373 was 79.5% in adolescents.

The Omicron variant caused the most symptoms in pediatric patients. However, there were no differences in adverse outcomes by COVID-19 variant.

A session on what was learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and how to “pandemic-proof” children and families from future health disasters was presented at the 2023 Pediatric Academic Societies meeting.

Post-COVID-19 conditions were more common in unvaccinated children than in children who had received at least 1 dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

The COVID-19 pandemic took a massive toll on routine vaccinations for children across the globe. Now, the United Nations Children’s Fund is calling for quick and swift action to get back on track. 

In a recent study, Developmental Assessment of Young Children, second edition scores for neurodevelopmental outcomes did not differ between infants exposed to maternal COVID-19 during pregnancy and those not exposed.

Investigators studied 2 infants experiencing seizures, small head size, and developmental delays born of mothers who had contracted COVID-19 during pregnancy.

COVID-19 prevention practices such as masking, social distancing, and school closures lowered children’s exposures to circulating respiratory viruses and other environmental triggers of asthma.

These findings suggest the World Health Organization's definition of post-COVID-19 condition (long COVID) may be too broad.