Children have many points of interaction with motor vehicles long before they themselves become licensed drivers, and as pediatricians we can help reinforce to their caregivers the many opportunities that exist to keep children safe. According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS), 27 children and teens between the ages of 0 and 18 […]
By Vijay Chawla, MD, FAAP; and Sylvia Sekhon, MD, FAAP The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) identified that children of Somali descent who were 24 months of age had an MMR vaccination rate of nearly half that of their non-Somali peers: 46 percent compared to the rate among non-Somali children, which was 88 percent. During […]
By Vijay Chawla, MD, FAAP, Mayo Clinic Papilloma viruses are small DNA viruses that cause species- and tissue-specific disease. There are more than 200 types of human papilloma virus (HPV), which infect the skin and mucous membranes and are transmitted by contact. Lifetime risk of HPV infection exceeds 75 percent, and new HPV infections occur […]
