November 14, 2026
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NEW YORK — In this video from the Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium, C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, shares advice on tailoring preventive healthcare for children receiving biologic agents.
The type of biologic agent — whether it is narrow or broad — can impact which infections children are at risk for, Creech explained.
He noted that most — but not all — children on immunosuppressive drugs should not receive live vaccines, providing a couple of exceptions to that rule.
Watch the video to learn more.
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C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, is a pediatric infectious disease physician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He can be reached at pediatrics@healio.com.
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Creech reports consulting for Sanofi and receiving grant funding from Moderna and Pfizer.
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