Pediatrics

Video: Childhood vaccines: Moving the needle up

Childhood immunization rates around the globe are beginning to recover from the dramatic drop in routine childhood vaccination during the COVID-19 era, according to a report from the World Health Organization and UNICEF. ...

Health

The importance of sleep during the teen years

With busy schedules full of challenges ranging from extra curriculars to college applications, it can be difficult for teenagers to get enough sleep. An expert at Baylor College of Medicine discusses the importance of a full ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Q&A: COVID shots as part of recommended routine

COVID-19 vaccines are making the list of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention's recommended immunization schedules for both children and adults. Dr. Jody Terranova, assistant professor of pediatrics at the UConn ...

Pediatrics

Childhood vaccines offer little pinches, big rewards

The Penn State Health Pediatrics team has a collection of Bugs Bunny Band-Aids to offer the recently vaccinated. And they don't call the injections shots. Some call them "little pinches." We're going to put a little medicine ...

Vaccination

ACIP issues 2021 immunization schedule for adults

(HealthDay)—The recommended immunization schedule for adults has been updated for 2021, according to a report published online Feb. 11 in the Annals of Internal Medicine and in the Feb. 12 issue of the U.S. Centers for ...

Addiction

Video: How to maintain sobriety during a pandemic

Addiction thrives in isolation, so sheltering in place and social distancing during COVID-19 can be challenging for people in recovery as well as for those who are susceptible to substance misuse.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Updated ACIP immunization schedule released for adults

(HealthDay)—The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has released its updated adult immunization schedule for 2019; the schedule was published online Feb. 5 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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