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News|Articles|October 22, 2026 A Contemporary Pediatrics Peer Exchange panel reviews RSV risk, testing, maternal vaccination, and long-acting monoclonal antibodies, and where infants still slip through the cracks. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has long been a fixture of the winter pediatric ward. With maternal vaccination and 2 long-acting monoclonal antibodies now available, a panel of pediatric infectious disease specialists says severe RSV in infants can become uncommon, if practices close the gaps in delivery. The discussion was moderated by Flor M. Munoz, MD, MSc, of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Panelists were C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee; Eric Simões, MD, of the University of Colorado Anschutz in Aurora; and Tina Tan, MD, FAAP, FIDSA, FPIDS, of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, and editor-in-chief of Contemporary Pediatrics. Every infant is at riskRSV typically circulates in the US from October to April, but seasons start earlier and last longer in the Southeast, beginning as early as June in Florida, Tan said.

News|Articles|October 22, 2026 A Contemporary Pediatrics Peer Exchange panel reviews RSV risk, testing, maternal vaccination, and long-acting monoclonal antibodies, and where infants still slip through the cracks. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has long been a fixture of the winter pediatric ward. With maternal vaccination and 2 long-acting monoclonal antibodies now available, a panel of pediatric infectious disease specialists says severe RSV in infants can become uncommon, if practices close the gaps in delivery. The discussion was moderated by Flor M. Munoz, MD, MSc, of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Panelists were C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee; Eric Simões, MD, of the University of Colorado Anschutz in Aurora; and Tina Tan, MD, FAAP, FIDSA, FPIDS, of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, and editor-in-chief of Contemporary Pediatrics. Every infant is at riskRSV typically circulates in the US from October to April, but seasons start earlier and last longer in the Southeast, beginning as early as June in Florida, Tan said.

Saskatchewan has expanded breast cancer screening eligibility to women 40 and older and invested more than $15 million in breast health services since 2023-24.

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Higher ultraprocessed food (UPF) intake has been linked to greater adiposity and higher odds of vascular brain injury (VBI) in middle-aged adults in Canada, although it has not been associated with cognitive performance, according to a new cross-sectional study. Ultraprocessed foods, defined by the NOVA classification, account for a substantial and increasing proportion of dietary intake in Canada. Although UPFs have been consistently associated with adiposity and cardiometabolic disease, their associations with subclinical VBI and cognitive performance in midlife have been unclear.