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Knowing which vaccines prevent meningitis and meningococcal disease and sharing the information with adolescents and caregivers are crucial responsibilities of all pediatric health care providers. The following are the things [...]

Children always experience feelings of excitement as the end of the school year approaches and plans for summertime activities are made. However, many new illnesses that emerged in the late [...]

Several vaccines are recommended for infants, children, and adolescents on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) schedules, (1) but are not required for entrance into school or other [...]

What infections besides COVID-19 should be on pediatric health care providers' radar? The COVID-19 pandemic has taught health care providers a lot: how quickly a virus can spread globally, how [...]

On the topic of 'return to school' this year, anxiety abounds for parents and children, as well as teachers, school staff and nurses, nurse practitioners, departments of health and legislators. [...]

Even though marijuana, or cannabis, has been identified as the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States, (1) in 2012, it was legalized for nonmedical, recreational use among [...]

Pediatric providers need to help patients and their parents develop critical thinking about their personal healthcare and the long-term outcomes from their decisions. The science of health literacy examining pediatric, [...]

This section presents an interview with clinical professor and pediatric nurse practitioner Donna Hallas about the prevention of infection in school settings. Topics discussed include the importance of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines to children as per the recommendations of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the routine health measures to be observed particularly handwashing, and caring for school children that have been sent home due to sickness.

This is the critical moment in time for all health care providers to proactively stop this potential public health nightmare by speaking with all parents and adolescents about the absolute [...]

The article reports on anxiety felt by parents concerning return to school in the U.S. amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Topics discussed include guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for opening schools posted on their website on March 19, May 19, June 3 and July 23, 2020, CDC guidance on Covid-19 from July 23, 2020, and concern about the Covid-19 complication of the syndrome, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in children (MIS-C).

'I highly recommend reading the article on BPD. Pediatricians and PNPs need to consider the recommendations to reduce the long-term complications of BPD including primary prevention strategies to prevent influenza [...]