Infectious Diseases
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2026 FLU SEASON
Both Reuters News Service and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the CDC, are reporting that since the holidays,…
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FLU VACCINE MAY MISS THE MARK!
This flu season may be a bad one. Why? Because the flu vaccine produced and already administered to millions may…
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MMRV VACCINE HITS A SNAG
In my sixty years of association with the health care industry and the medical profession, I have never seen such…
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LONG COVID STILL AFFECTING DOCTORS, NURSES
The serious, deadly phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has ended along with the frequency of acute cases. It’s been over…
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VACCINES PROTECT CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
COVID-19 and the vaccines developed to combat it did more to erode trust in old, well-established, standard vaccines than any…
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TREATING FEVER IN CHILDREN
Fever! It’s one of the more common reasons doctors receive calls at 2:00 or 3:00 am. Viral and bacterial infections…
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WHY AVOID ASPIRIN IN CHILDREN?
In a recent blog, I wrote about the use of acetaminophen and ibuprofen for the treatment of fever in children.…
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RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS VACCINE HAS IMPROVED STATS
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, RSV, as its name implies, is a respiratory virus that causes upper and lower respiratory infections. Upper—cold,…
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WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT PHYSICIAN INCOME?
In addition to physician happiness, the Medscape survey quoted previously also questioned participants about lifestyle. Within this category were inquiries…
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HOW LONG DOES VACCINE IMMUNITY REMAIN?
It used to be thought that when you were vaccinated against any of the usual childhood communicable diseases, the immunity…
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