How to Boost Your Child’s Immune System This School Year
Back-to-school time means kids will come home with sniffles, sneezes, and coughs. While there isn’t a way to keep them healthy all the time, and no one has a cure…
You Might Want to Get a Flu Shot Early If You’re Pregnant, CDC Says
It’s summer. Pretty soon, drugstores will start advertising that they have flu vaccines, maybe even enticing you with the promise of a coupon to come in and get one. But…
There’s a ‘Shrew Virus’ Now?
This week, the New England Journal of Medicine reported that at least 35 people in northeastern China have been infected with newly-named virus, Langya henipavirus (LayV). Given the last few…
How Worried Should Parents Be About Parechovirus?
Photo: Alena Stalmashonak (Shutterstock) Parechovirus isn’t a new virus, but it is the subject of a recent CDC health alert due to a possible uptick of cases in infants. The…
What Is ‘Flurona,’ and Should We Be Worried About It?
Photo: DimaBerlin (Shutterstock) COVID-19 and the flu are both respiratory viruses that can be anywhere from annoying to life-threatening, and public health experts have been worried about what might happen…
Why It’s Even More Important to Get Your Flu Shot This Year
Photo: FotoDuets (Shutterstock) Last year’s flu season occurred in the midst of a COVID-19 surge, sparking concerns of a “twindemic,” in which the coronavirus and the flu would be circulating…