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Lori Handy, MD: Vaccine-only visits can help ease back-to-school gaps
Lori Handy, MD, MSCE, highlights how pediatricians can better prepare families and systems for missed vaccines during the back-to-school rush.
What's going on with polio, monkeypox, and COVID-19
The news is full of stories about monkeypox, the recent changes to COVID-19 guidance, and the return of polio cases. What do clinicians need to know?
Nirsevimab demonstrates high effectiveness against RSV in healthy term infants
Nirsevimab reduced RSV-related illness by up to 98% and lowered hospitalizations and health care use among healthy term infants in a real-world study.
What Omicron could mean for the pandemic
Contemporary Pediatrics sat down with Tina Q. Tan, MD, FAAP, FIDSA, FPIDS, to discuss what's known about the variant. She also discusses the latest on the vaccine for children aged younger than 5 years.
Specific groups with chronic conditions who could most benefit from RSV prophylaxis
A newly-published study identified specific groups of higher-risk children that could benefit most from monoclonal antibodies.
US measles cases reach new record high since eradication declaration in 2000
A week into July 2025, the total reported cases in the United States have surpassed the peak of 1274 cases recorded for all 2019.