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Zika virus: Birth defects rose fourfold in U.S. hardest-hit areas
January 27, 2020
U.S. jurisdictions without local transmission of the virus saw no increase in infants born with brain abnormalities and/or microcephaly or with eye abnormalities.
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Children with resistant UTIs unexpectedly may respond to discordant antibiotics
January 17, 2020
A low rate of care escalation and high rate of clinical improvement suggest this may be a reasonable approach until urine culture sensitivities return.
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SHM Pediatric Core Competencies get fresh update
January 16, 2020
Experts say the core competencies must reflect the realities of the variety of community pediatric settings.
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Community pediatric care is diminishing
January 15, 2020
With the loss of pediatric units, community hospitals lose their comfort caring for children.
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Drop in flu activity may not signal seasonal peak
January 13, 2020
“Hospitalization rates and percent of deaths due to pneumonia and influenza remain low,” the CDC says.
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Flu records most active December since 2003
January 3, 2020
The CDC estimates that 6.4 million flu illnesses and 55,000 hospitalizations have occurred so far this season.
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Experts call to revise the Uniform Determination of Death Act
January 3, 2020
A neurologist and her colleagues propose changes with the goal of clarifying and harmonizing procedures for determining death by neurologic criteria.
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Early increase in flu activity shows no signs of slowing
December 27, 2019
Outpatients visits are already higher than at any time last season, and the peak occurs most often in February.
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The measles comeback of 2019
December 26, 2019
Three-quarters of these cases in 2019 were linked to recent outbreaks in New York.
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Influenza already in midseason form
December 6, 2019
High levels of flu activity haven’t been seen this early since 2009-2010.
