Antibiotics Largely Ineffective for Children in Asia-Pacific Region
A recent report published in The Lancet Regional Health–Southeast Asia from previously published studies found high levels of resistance to the antibiotics commonly used for empirical treatment of sepsis and meningitis in babies and children in the Asia-Pacific region.1 Researchers from the University of Sydney in Australia conducted this study to guide the empiric treatment […]
Enterovirus Infection Reportedly Linked to Severe Myocarditis in Babies
On Apr. 5, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) received information from the National IHR Focal Point (NFP) for the United Kingdom (U.K.) of an increase in severe myocarditis in infants believed to be associated with an enterovirus infection in Wales.1 Enterovirus is a common pathogen that can cause respiratory illness, hand, foot and mouth […]
Botched Measles Vaccinations Kill 15 Children in South Sudan
Some children did survive the botched [measles] vaccinations last month and will recover. But 15, all under the age of five, died from fever, vomiting and diarrhea. This tragic event is as big as what we have seen. The inoculations took place in a remote village nearly 300 kilometers east of the capital Juba. The […]
