Catherine Cooper Nellist is editor of Pediatric News and Ob. Gyn. News. She has more than 30 years of experience reporting, writing, and editing stories about clinical medicine and the U.S. health care industry. Prior to taking the helm of these award-winning publications, Catherine covered major medical research meetings throughout the United States and Canada, and had been editor of Clinical Psychiatry News, and Dermatology News. She joined the company in 1984 after graduating magna cum laude from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., with a BA in English.
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Dengue vaccine appears safe, immunogenic in children aged 2-17 years
An investigational, tetravalent dengue vaccine appears promising in very young children.
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Consider college immunization requirements when counseling about vaccines
Vaccine-hesitant parents who want their kids to go to college may be swayed by enrollment requirements.
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MMR vaccine cut hospitalizations for unrelated respiratory infections
Combination vaccines may protect from infectious diseases that they don’t target.
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Teens’ overall tobacco use falls, but e-cigs now most popular product
As the use of combustible tobacco products falls, e-cigarettes take the top spot as teens’ tobacco product of choice.
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Vaccine delivery costs challenge physicians
Physicians continue to look for ways to get paid.
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Hexavalent DTaP5-IPV-HB-Hib is immunogenic in series with pentavalent vaccine
A new vaccine series kills more birds with one stone.
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Earlier childhood measles vaccination elevates the risk of vaccine failure
Postponing the first measles vaccine would likely improve childhood protection.
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Investigational flu vaccine finds way around pyrogenicity problem
How can a vaccine solve the problem of associated fever?
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E. coli, GBS account for majority of neonatal bacterial meningitis in Canada
Have Hib and pneumococcal immunizations changed the bacteria causing neonatal meningitis?
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Factors tied to parents’ intent to vaccinate teens for HPV
Factors associated with parents’ intent to have their teen vaccinated for HPV may differ from those associated with the teens actually getting...
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It matters how you phrase a child’s flu vaccine recommendation
It matters how clinicians phrase their recommendation that a child receive a flu vaccine.
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Management of asymptomatic chorioamnionitis-exposed neonates needs revamping
What is the best approach for managing asymptomatic chorioamnionitis-exposed neonates? Expert opinion differs.
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First trimester use of inactivated flu vaccine didn’t cause birth defects
Is maternal flu vaccination in the first trimester safe?
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AAP advises against giving fruit juice to children under 1 year
When it comes to fruit, the AAP prefers solids over liquids.
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PCV10 vaccination in Brazil nearly eliminated serotypes
Ten-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine immunization nearly eliminated PCV10 serotypes in Brazil, except multidrug-resistant 6C.