News
- Author:
- Kristina A. Bryant, MD
Publish date: January 10, 2024
Infants with congenital syphilis are at risk for lifelong complications, including deafness, blindness, and intellectual disability.
News
- Author:
- Kristina A. Bryant, MD
Publish date: June 19, 2023
Testing is the only way to reliably distinguish between Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis.
Opinion
- Author:
- Kristina A. Bryant, MD
Publish date: March 20, 2023
As of March 1, 2023, only 8% of children under 2 years and 10.5% of children ages 2-4 years have initiated a COVID vaccine series.
Opinion
- Author:
- Kristina A. Bryant, MD
Publish date: January 10, 2023
Only 81% of the world’s children have received their first measle vaccine dose and only 71% have received the second dose - a 95% vaccination rate ...
Opinion
- Author:
- Kristina A. Bryant, MD
Publish date: November 10, 2022
As of the week ending Oct. 15, only about 22.1% of eligible children had been immunized.
Opinion
- Author:
- Kristina A. Bryant, MD
Publish date: June 16, 2022
Given the media coverage of the outbreak, pediatricians should be prepared for questions from patients and their parents.
Opinion
- Author:
- Kristina A. Bryant, MD
Publish date: March 18, 2022
Although Cronobacter infections are not subject to mandatory reporting in most states, laboratory-based surveillance suggests that 18 case...
Opinion
- Author:
- Kristina A. Bryant, MD
Publish date: August 16, 2021
In 20 elementary schools open for in-person instruction Dec. 3, 2020, to Jan. 31, 2021, compliance with mask-wearing was high and in-school transmi...
Opinion
- Author:
- Kristina A. Bryant, MD
Publish date: January 14, 2021
So here’s the paradox: Even as limited supplies of vaccine are available and many are frustrated about lack of access, we need to promote the value...
Opinion
- Author:
- Kristina A. Bryant, MD
Publish date: August 13, 2020
There is much work to be done to catch up with vaccinations missed because of the pandemic.
Opinion
- Author:
- Kristina A. Bryant, MD
Publish date: February 12, 2020
Remember to take a travel history, practice cough etiquette, and stock personal protective equipment.
Opinion
- Author:
- Kristina A. Bryant, MD
Publish date: December 13, 2019
A rare neurodegenerative disease is a risk, in addition to immunosuppression.
Opinion
- Author:
- Kristina A. Bryant, MD
Publish date: August 16, 2019
It makes sense for every ambulatory office to have a plan for managing exposures to infectious diseases including measles.
News
- Author:
- Kristina A. Bryant, MD
Publish date: October 25, 2018
You may be surprised to find out what infectious disease Dr. Kristina A. Bryant considers the most dangerous to your teen patients.
News
- Author:
- Kristina A. Bryant, MD
Publish date: January 3, 2018
The influenza vaccine needs some help with its image.
