By: Joseph Mechak, MD The FDA and CDC have granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 Bivalent booster vaccines for children as young as 6 months. This comes as hospitalizations for Flu, RSV and COVID are all surging. Specifically, pediatric COVID hospitalizations have increased by 68% over the past 2
Read moreTHIS IS NATIONAL SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH: TOGETHER LET’S MAKE IT ‘SUICIDE PREVENTION YEAR’ EVERY YEAR by Dr. Kim Burgess, Ph.D., Psychologist While it is National Suicide Awareness Month in the USA, suicide clearly takes an enormous toll on individuals, families, friends, and communities worldwide. Among adolescents, suicide has been the second leading cause of death
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Me: “Tell me about how you have been spending your days during quarantine/summer” Child: “Ummmm…” Parent: [Biting their tongue] Me: “Let me guess… video games?” Child: “How do you know?!?” Me: “How much are you playing?” Parent: [biting their tongue] Child: “I don’t know… maybe an hour or two.” Parent: [Can’t hold it in any
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Statement from the providers at Potomac Pediatrics, written by Dr. Joey Mechak General guidance on COVID-19 Reopenings June 3, 2020 As our community begins to reopen you may have mixed emotions. You are probably excited and relieved at the idea of leaving your house or that life is on its way to returning to some
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