By: Dr. Joseph Mechak This year’s respiratory viral season has been unlike any other in recent memory. A few things that have set this respiratory season apart are that it was: Early – Many viruses, but Flu and RSV in particular, came earlier than usual this year. RSV season is classically from December to March,
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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: Joseph Mechak, MD What do we know about the Omicron Variant The Omicron Variant is a newly identified ‘variant of concern’ discovered by South African scientists. The variant was first isolated in areas of Southern Africa but has since been identified in countries around the globe, now including United States where the first
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