The study outlines the main drivers of parent hesitancy as perceived safety and efficacy of the vaccines and lower severity of illness in children. Many vaccine-hesitant parents may be open to vaccination in the future and welcome additional discussion and data, the researchers found. A study published last month in Parent Education and Counseling outlines that the … Read more

Matthew Laughon, MD, MPH, professor of pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine, led UNC’s site for a national clinical trial that compared the use of hydrocortisone versus placebo for preventing damage that can result from oxygen and ventilator therapy necessary to keep preterm infants alive. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine concludes that hydrocortisone … Read more

Matthew Vogt, MD, PhD, was awarded an R01 from NIAID to generate new monoclonal antibodies in hopes of informing pan-enterovirus vaccines. Matthew Vogt, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases and of Microbiology & Immunology, has been granted an R01 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The 5-year, $3.14 … Read more

Black and Latinx patients who used an inhaled glucocorticoid as needed along with usual care had improved asthma outcomes, according to results from a PREPARE, PeRson EmPowered Asthma RElief, trial. Michelle Hernandez, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, was the UNC School of Medicine principal investigator and worked with the study lead, Elliot Israel, MD, at Brigham … Read more

The UNC School of Medicine’s Zachary Willis, MD, MPH, co-authored an editorial published in the British Medical Journal in conjunction with new research that shows dramatic reductions in hospital admissions for common and severe childhood infections in England during the pandemic.  Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been dramatic reductions in hospital … Read more