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
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By: Dr. Joseph Mechak and Dr. Emily Atwood A plug for the flu vaccine During the first year of daycare we expect that children contract somewhere between 8 and 12 viral infections. This is partly from them “learning to share” with their daycare classmates but also, in large part, is due to an immature
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By: Dr. Joseph Mechak and Dr. Emily Atwood On September 1, 2022 the CDC and FDA each signed off on two versions of a bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine (Moderna and Pfizer). We are very excited about this new tool in our fight against COVID-19 and wanted to take some time to educate our parents
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By: Dr. Joseph Mechak Monkeypox has been a hot topic in the news over the past month. On July 23rd the WHO declared monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The United States followed shortly thereafter declaring it a Public Health Emergency. Some excellent general resources about Mokeypox can be found below and
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