Latest edition of Pediatric Grand Rounds

...check it out over at Ami Chopine--thanks to Shinga for sending along my entry on a little boy's brush with death following his father's smallpox vaccination. Lots of excellent posts collected over there; check em out.

However, what may be the most notable, well, note, is that Dr. Flea has flown the coop. There are a collection of posts on the situation at the beginning of this week's PGR; I'll just join others in hoping that once his legal issues have blown over, Dr. Flea will be back--he is missed.

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