According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, nearly 3.94 million children have had COVID-19 infection as of May 20 with children accounting for 14% of all COVID cases. The pandemic also has impacted kids in various ways from personal illness…
It can be hard telling the difference between allergy symptoms and a viral illness like COVID-19 because of overlapping symptoms. So I thought it would be helpful to invite Allergist, Dr. Lakiea Wright to help tease it all out and…
I hope you all had a safe and joyful Thanksgiving! According to the CDC, both Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes have increased in U.S. youth raising a public health concern. Therefore, observing Childhood Diabetes Awareness every November is very…
Traveling with kids is a challenge but traveling safely with kids during the COVID-19 pandemic is nerve-racking to say the least. Understandably, families are experiencing COVID fatigue and long for the days of going to visit family for the holidays…
For quite some time more parents have decided to homeschool their children. Then this past spring the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to close and we all became homeschoolers. Some kids did well while others not so much:-) And now that…
Information about COVID-19 infection updates daily, even hourly at times. Since Monday, March 23rd when I chatted with my friend and colleague, Dr. Asim Jani who is an infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist with Orlando Health System, the numbers of…