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Monday’s blog post, “When Nothing Is Something,” provoked these thoughtful questions from a reader: Can you address antibiotics for ear infections (caused by viral illnesses)? I brought in an infant with a virus with concerns about her breathing. She...

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  I have been reading your blogs on Facebook about vaccines for the past few weeks. I see a lot of information on Facebook, some for vaccines and some against, but it’s sometimes hard to figure out what should I believe and what shouldn’t I. Can you...

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A parent inquires: My son is allergic to eggs. Before we moved here, his old pediatrician wouldn’t give him a flu shot, telling us that he could have a serious reaction to the vaccine. My son just started kindergarten and I don’t want him to get the flu!...

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Responding to a blog post written last month on the discovery of a common viral trigger of celiac disease in humans (“Turning On Celiac Disease” — “The PediaBlog, August 18, 2017), Dr. Tony Kovatch (Pediatric Alliance — Arcadia) provided...

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  Following last Friday’s PediaBlog post, “Autism: Eyes Point Internally,” a reader asks: I have an autistic eleven-year-old son. I recently read an online article written by Emily Deans, M.D., Evolutionary Psychiatry, about various versions of...