Traveling With Chronic Illness

  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...

Keep Those Bristles Clean

  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...

The Travel-Ready M.D.

How to Prepare for Study Abroad By Sarah Kohl, M.D., Pediatric Alliance — Chartiers/McMurray Division     “Guess what Mom…I’m going to Brazil!” Your daughter (or son) gushes with excitement as she recounts how she was chosen for...

The Travel-Ready M.D.

The most recent CDC data on the current measles epidemic counts 152 cases in 18 states and the District of Columbia.  Madison Park reports some other countries are having it worse: The United States is grappling with the resurgence of a disease it eliminated 15 years...

The Travel-Ready M.D.

  By Sarah Kohl, M.D., Pediatric Alliance — Chartiers/McMurray Division       Top 3 Phone Apps   Summertime and the living is easy… really? I’m stuck in airports, I can’t read the signs, I’m hungry, and I’m not sure how much things...