Pediatrics

Possible negative association of history of antibiotic prescriptions with vaccine-induced immunity seen in young children

In large cohort, there were 5.55 excess events per 100,000 vaccinees after BNT162b2 and 18.39 after mRNA-1273

Food insecurity during the pandemic disproportionately affected non-White and low-income individuals

By February 2022, seroprevalence reached 75.2 percent among children aged 0 to 11 years, 74.2 percent for teens aged 12 to 17 years

Authors say interventions to alleviate downstream consequences of the pandemic are needed

Bivalent RSVpreF vaccine given during pregnancy elicits neutralizing antibody responses with efficient transplacental transfer

Higher rate of successful intubation on the first try, without physiological instability in the infant, seen with use of nasal high-flow therapy

Initial two-dose series of the Pfizer vaccine was authorized for that age group in October

Adjusted rate ratio of 20.56 found in head-to-head comparison of Ad.26.COV2.S with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

Only two items had moderate-to-large differential item functioning, including hand mannerisms among female children