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The Link is produced monthly by Communications and Marketing with editorial guidance from Angela Myers, MD, MPH, Director, Division of Infectious Diseases at Children's Mercy.
The columns and topics are provided by members of the Children's Mercy faculty, medical staff and invited authors.
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News and discussion from past issues of The Link
2021
2020
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January 2020: Puppies the Source of Drug-Resistant Campylobacter
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July 2020: Getting Children Back to School and the Lack of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Among Children
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October 2020: COVID Lessons Learned So Far and Looking Ahead at the Coming Influenza Season
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November 2020: Healthcare Workers Are Increasingly Stressed as Their Hospital Census Increases
2019
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January 2019: It’s Just the Beginning of the 2018-2019 Influenza Season
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March 2019: We May Not Be At the Peak of the 2018-2019 Influenza Season
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July 2019: Vaccine Gaps in Coverage: How Your Practice Can Make a Difference
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September 2019: Updates on Hepatitis A Vaccine Recommendations
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November 2019: Reported Pertussis Cases Down Slightly in 2018, but We Still Have Work to Do
2021
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January 2021: A Brief Review of a Brief Event: An Approach to the Higher-Risk BRUE
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February 2021: PCOS in Adolescents: Diagnostic Difficulties and the Opportunity for Interventions
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March 2021: The Pressure is Rising: The Urgency of Addressing Pediatric Hypertension
2020
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January 2020: Handing Over the Keys to a Teenager’s Chronic Disease
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February 2020: If Winnie the Pooh Had a Cough, Would Honey Help?
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March 2020: Acid Suppression Therapy: Not as Harmless as We Once Thought
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July 2020: Identifying and Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change on Children
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September 2020: Varsity Blues: The Struggle of Adolescence During a Pandemic
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October 2020: A Practical Approach to Adolescent Contraception
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November 2020: Consumption of Non-nutritive Sweeteners by Children: The Outcomes May be Bittersweet
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December 2020: Will Your Patients Have a Home for the Holidays?
2019
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January 2019: What’s an Effective Way to Talk to Families about Guns?
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April 2019: How to Become a Stronger Advocate for Breastfeeding
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June 2019: “But I left the window cracked open!” The Dangers of Non-Moving Vehicles
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July 2019: Food Insecurity: A Prevalent and Pertinent Problem in Pediatrics
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August 2019: Playing Head Games: Updated Guidelines in Sport-Related Concussion Management
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November 2019: Addressing Racism in Clinical Practice and Ourselves
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December 2019: CHIP, Medicaid and Uninsured Children: An Urgent Public Health Crisis
2021
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January 2021: Ethics, Professionalism and the Challenges of Achieving Herd Immunity
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February 2021: COVID-19 Disparities and the Need for Truth and Reconciliation
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March 2021: Can Schubert Help Us Think About End-of-Life Decisions?
2020
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January 2020: Ethics of Professional Brain Drain in Developing Countries
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February 2020: Ethics of Puberty Suppression in a Nonbinary Teen
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March 2020: Herd Immunity, Vaccine Mandates and the Tragedy of the Commons
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July 2020: Dual Duties and Ethical Obligations of Physicians Amid COVID-19
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August 2020: A Coronavirus Vaccine Won’t Work if People Don’t Take It
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October 2020: Must Hospital Ethics Committees Provide Due Process?
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December 2020: Visitor Restriction Policies During a Pandemic Require Painful Ethical Trade-offs
2019
2021
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January 2021: Monoclonal Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2 as Early Treatment?
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March 2021: Future SARS-CoV-2 Seasons – Lessons to be Learned from Measles, Rotavirus and Influenza
2020
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January 2020: How Can We Navigate the Ongoing Measles “Perfect Storm”?
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February 2020: Influenza B Dominant Season Highlights Low Vaccine Uptake in Child Care Centers
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June 2020: Restoring Vaccine Uptake Affected by the Pandemic
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July 2020: Need to Understand Risks of SARS-CoV-2 before Adults Decide to “Go and Get it Now”
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September 2020: Encouraging News About Future Prophylaxis of RSV – 1 Dose Per Season?
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October 2020: How Will COVID-19 Vaccine Implementation Roll Out in US?
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November 2020: Expectations for COVID-19 Vaccine Protection Increase
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December 2020: Will COVID-19 Vaccines Give Us Coronavirus (CoV) Infections That Make Us Sick?
2019
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January 2019: Universal Noncapsular Pneumococcal Vaccine – A New Answer to Serotype Substitution?
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March 2019: Microneedle Patch to Deliver Vaccines? Not Just Pie in the Sky
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April 2019: No Doubt—Two Varicella Doses More Protective Than One
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June 2019: Should We Accelerate the MMR Schedule as the Measles Outbreak Continues to Expand?
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September 2019: Why the Optimism that an RSV Vaccine Will be in Routine Use Within 5 Years?
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October 2019: TB Vaccines—Good News and Good News—What? No Bad News?
2021
2020
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June 2020: Addressing the Parent Requesting Antibiotics for a Viral Respiratory Infection
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August 2020: Rethinking Stewardship: Good Antibiotic Use is a Shared Enterprise
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October 2020: Part II: Rethinking Stewardship: Good Antibiotic Use is a Shared Enterprise
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December 2020: Stool Pathogen Panels, A Diagnostic Stewardship Opportunity
2019
2021
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January 2021: Chronic Pain Syndromes: A Battle with Invisible Disease
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February 2021: Elderberry – Is the Herbal Remedy Safe for Kids?
2020
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March 2020: Identification and Treatment of Eating Disorders
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July 2020: Movement is Medicine: Adaptive Fitness and Sports
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September 2020: Cannabidiol Oil: What’s the Evidence for Use in Children?
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November 2020: Down syndrome-Associated Arthritis: A New Focus for Those with Down Syndrome
2019
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February 2019: Novel Concepts in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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May 2019: Modern Management of Type 1 Diabetes in the Digital Age
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July 2019: Improving Treatment for Children with Complex Anorectal Malformations
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September 2019: Advances in Pediatric Epilepsy Diagnosis and Treatment
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November 2019: What's New: Management of Functional Constipation in Children
2021
2020
2019
2020
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January 2020: Novel Coronavirus from China & Influenza Update
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February 2020: 8 Questions and Answers on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
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March 2020: The Challenges of Caring for COVID-19 Patients & Vaccine Considerations
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May 2020: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
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July 2020: Lessons Learned 117 Days into the COVID-19 Pandemic
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November 2020: Amid COVID Surges, Influenza Activity 2020-2021 Season Begins