Medscape Pediatrics Podcast

With better flu vaccine coverage, millions of influenza-related illnesses and hospitalizations can be prevented. This is good information to share with your 'vacccine-reluctant' patients.

We are doing great on screening but not as well on follow-up of babies who fail. The '1-3-6' approach will help to close the gap.

Scott Lorch reveals the lessons learned by the key personnel who had to deal with a surge in obstetrical volume when more than two thirds of the city's obstetrical units closed their doors.

Marshall Summar and Jess Gilbert Thoene talk about how newborn screening has evolved and the almost unimaginable impact the Orphan Drug Act has had on product development for rare diseases since 1983.

CDC offers ways for pediatric providers to simplify developmental screening during well-child visits.

Do you have a patient with an unexplained febrile illness? Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, describes the Bourbon virus, a new diagnosis to consider.

What does the evidence say about use of automated external defibrillators in children?

A study confirms this psychiatric therapy as a core treatment modality for adolescent anorexia nervosa.

CDC provides the latest information on its investigation of the unusual neurologic condition known as acute flaccid myelitis, identified in almost 100 children to date in the United States.

Dr Paul Offit offers an overview of the recent approval of a new HPV9 vaccine, responds to some of the questions clinicians may have, and describes some research in progress.