More Than One-Quarter Million Infants Hospitalized For Infectious Diseases: New Federal Study In Pediatrics

One of every 14 American infants is hospitalized for a respiratory illness, kidney infection, septicemia, or other infectious disease before age one, according to a new study by researchers with HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Despite advances in public health, childhood infectious diseases continue to be a major health problem in the United States.

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Filed under: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses on February 7th, 2008