by PediaBlog | Mar 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
On his essential website, Vaxopedia, pediatrician Dr. Vincent Iannelli asks this question of those who would insist on delaying or refusing vaccines: If vaccines are associated with autism, then why don’t the counties with the highest immunization rates have...
by PediaBlog | Feb 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
*This post originally appeared on The PediaBlog on February 1, 2018. Separating Flu Fact From Fiction Even though we’ve covered this territory before on The PediaBlog, today we’ll let family physician Gretchen Lasalle, M.D. separate fact from...
by PediaBlog | Jan 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
As part of a new 5-year strategic global health plan, the World Health Organization recently issued its list of top 10 health threats to children and adults around the world. More could surely be added to the list — the impact of migrants and refugees...
by PediaBlog | Jan 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Last Friday, the governor of Washington declared a public health emergency for that state because of an outbreak of an extremely contagious and potentially life-threatening disease. The reason for the outbreak is entirely predictable, reports the AP: The number...
by PediaBlog | Jan 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
When I was around five or six years old, I had chickenpox. The rash started right after my older brother’s illness had resolved and he had returned to school. His case was relatively mild, according to Ketyer Family folklore, but mine was much, much...
