Featuring content from the latest edition, the Red Book: 2024–2027 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) provides the most up-to-date information on a wide variety of infectious diseases that physicians encounter in children. Written and edited by leading experts in the field, along with contributions from the CDC, the FDA, and hundreds of other professionals, this resource stands as the most authoritative and comprehensive available.
The Red Book features:
* Immunization Schedules - Recommended immunization and catch-up schedules for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
* Vaccine Status Table - Current information about recently submitted, licensed, and recommended vaccines and biologics, including status of the FDA licensure process and related AAP/CDC recommendations.
* Influenza Resources - A comprehensive collection of information on influenza, serving as a centralized reference for vaccine guidance, prevention, treatment, payment policies, news, and other relevant details for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
* Standardized approaches to disease prevention through immunizations, antimicrobial prophylaxis, and infection-control practices have been updated throughout the Red Book.
* Two new chapters on Covid-19 and Mpox have been added.
* The System-Based Treatment Table has been reordered so that the grouped recommendations by body system are more easily and quickly accessed.
* Greatly expanded tables, figures and algorithms enable quick access to essential information.
* The Breastfeeding and Human Milk chapter was updated to align with information from the latest AAP policy statement on breastfeeding.
* The listing of Codes for Commonly Administered Pediatric Vaccines, Toxoids, and Immune Globulins has been expanded.
* Reference to evidence-based policy recommendations have been updated throughout the Red Book.
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Author: Committee on Infectious Diseases
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
Editor: David W. Kimberlin, MD, FAAP; Associate Editors: Ritu Banerjee, MD, PhD, FAAP, Elizabeth D. Barnett, MD, FAAP; Ruth Lynfield, MD, FAAP; and Mark H. Sawyer, MD, FAAP
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