A large group of U.S. doctors on Monday gave the green light for pediatricians to offer vaccines to close family members of babies who are too young to get shots themselves. Reuters Health Information
Lumbar puncture is not necessary in febrile infants with a bulging fontanelle, provided that they appear well and that laboratory and imaging studies yield no evidence of bacterial disease, according to a report in the Archives of Disease in Childhood for September. Reuters Health Information
One more bullet in the fight against childhood obesity: requiring clear and readable nutrition information at the point of customer order. Medscape Pediatrics
A combination of two tests can spare kids from having to undergo voiding cystourethrography after a first-time febrile urinary tract infection, Brazilian doctors say. Reuters Health Information
Anthony S. Fauci of NIAID talks with Eli Adashi about both the history and progress in the treatment and prevention of AIDS. br / iMedscape Internal Medicine/i
