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Not enough children in Singapore are getting vaccinated against influenza, whereas the number of those who are receiving pneumococcal shots has steadily increased over time.

Patients undergoing more extensive lymph node sampling during surgery for a suspected malignant paediatric renal tumour do not appear to have a higher likelihood of experiencing clinically significant complications, reveals a study.

Influenza in a paediatric population can manifest as a neurologic disease, particularly as febrile seizures, according to a study. Hospitalized children with neurologic manifestation of influenza (neuro-flu) experience several neurologic comorbidities, which suggest that this condition is driven by host-factors rather than by pathogen-factors.

COVID-19 remains a global health concern, and children and adolescents are equally affected. In fact, COVID-19 hospitalization rates in children increased during the Omicron era. [MMWR 2022;71:271-278] In children aged 5–11 years who were hospitalized during the predominance of Omicron, nearly 90 percent were unvaccinated. [MMWR 2022;71:574-581]