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 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
(CDC FluView) 100 years after the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed at least 50 million people worldwide, the 2018-2019 flu season is off to a rough start. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last week that between October 1, 2018 and...
by PediaBlog | Dec 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) As you can see in the map above, influenza activity through the first week of December was “slightly elevated” nationally and has been “minimal” in Pennsylvania so far this flu season....
by PediaBlog | Oct 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
This post originally appeared on The PediaBlog on October 26, 2015. Ask Us Anything A mother emails: My son had a liver transplant, and is now immune-suppressed by his anti-rejection medication. He has been instructed to only receive the flu injection...
by PediaBlog | Oct 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
If you don’t seek out and receive a flu vaccine this season, you can’t say you weren’t reminded and warned by your family and friends, your doctors, and the media. Jamie Ducharme jogs memories from last year: The 2017-2018 flu season was a bad...
