Flu Experts at Packard Children's Hospital Available to Comment on the Current Flu Season.Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (LPCH) is a hospital located on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, California. It is staffed by over 650 physicians and 4,750 staff and volunteers. : Overview Lucile Packard Children's Hospital has some of America's top pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. infectious disease experts and researchers on its staff. These specialists are available to the nation's media to provide comment during the reporting of this season's flu stories. Potential topics include: --How the nation's flu trends are tracked --The potential for an avian flu pandemic pandemic /pan·dem·ic/ (pan-dem´ik) 1. a widespread epidemic of a disease. 2. widely epidemic. pan·dem·ic adj. Epidemic over a wide geographic area. n. and the challenges faced in treating this flu --Current flu vaccine research, including studies comparing inhaled vaccines to traditional, injectable flu vaccines --Tips and information about hand washing and other ways for families to minimize their chance of catching the flu --Identification of children who are at high-risk for the flu, how they are screened, and why vaccines are now recommended not only for kids 6 to 24 months of age but also for their caregivers Packard Children's Hospital Experts --Ann Arvin, MD, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at Packard Children's and a nationally-known infectious disease researcher. --Charles Prober, MD, a pediatric infectious disease and antiviral drug expert at Packard Children's who is widely-known for his leadership in the education of clinical research scientists. --Cornelia Dekker, MD, a pediatric vaccine expert at Packard Children's and member of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC NVAC National Vaccine Advisory Committee NVAC National Visual Analytics Center (DHS) NVAC National Vendor Access Center (Sprint) NVAC National Veterans' Advisory Committee ), which provides consultation to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS on flu vaccine issues. --Kathleen Gutierrez, MD, pediatric infectious disease expert and director of the integrated infectious disease program at Packard Children's. --Kathy Mathews, RN, CIC CIC circulating immune complexes. CIC Circulating immune complexes. See Immune complexes. , infection control manager at Packard Children's. About Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Ranked as one of the nation's top 10 pediatric hospitals by U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Weekly newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. U.S. News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973) to cover important domestic events; he founded World Report in 1945 to treat world news. The two magazines were merged in 1948. , Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford is a 264-bed hospital devoted to the care of children and expectant mothers. Providing pediatric and obstetric medical and surgical services and associated with the Stanford School of Medicine, Packard Children's Hospital offers patients locally, regionally and nationally the full range of health-care programs and services from preventive and routine care to the diagnosis and treatment of serious illness and injury. For more information, visit http://www.lpch.org. |
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