by PediaBlog | Apr 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
(CDC — Updated 3/28/19) In January, we checked in on Clark County, Washington after Governor Jay Inslee declared a public health emergency because of a measles outbreak. Vaccine hesitancy and refusal were threatening to turn back decades of remarkable...
by PediaBlog | Jun 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
Now that most schools have adjourned for the summer, families are starting to take their long-anticipated vacations away from home. Whether you are planning on driving to the beach for some sun and sand, or flying to another city to meet with family or explore...
by PediaBlog | May 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
If you and your family have summer travel plans, keeping toothbrushes clean can go a long way in preventing illness. Pediatrician Karl Neumann explains the ways kids’ toothbrushes can make them sick, especially when they travel. For example: Germs that...
by PediaBlog | Aug 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Last winter, an obscure virus was making headlines for causing microcephaly and other birth defects in newborns in Brazil and other South American and Central American countries. We reviewed some Zika facts on The PediaBlog in January: It is spread by the same two...
by PediaBlog | May 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
The most common things occur most commonly. If there is one thing medical students learn on the first day of their third-year clinical rotations, this is it. The attending will introduce a young student to a patient in her clinic: “This young man...
