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Should My Child Get the Flu Vaccine? An Integrative Pediatrician’s Guide to 2025-26 Effectiveness, Risks & Immune Resilience
Should my child get the flu vaccine? That is the question…
Or at least, it’s a very common question I get as an integrative pediatrician this time of year.
So I wanted to share an update with all of you on the latest information we have on how effective the 2025-26 influenza vaccine is likely to be, and what that means for your family.
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Autism, Tylenol and Leucovorin: What An Integrative Pediatrician Wants You to Know
The press conference on September 22, 2025 raised two very big questions: Does Tylenol cause autism? And what does l...
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The Preventable Complications of Remote Learning (that no one is talking about)
We’ve all heard discussion around the potential negative consequences of remote learning, including:
Social disconne...
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Why All Kids Need Vitamin D
Vitamin D - the “sunshine” vitamin - is literally my favorite vitamin in the whole wide world (although technical...
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Does Your Child Have PANS/PANDAS?
Do you have a child who was totally “normal” one day, and the next day suddenly has new anxieties, fears, tantrums or...
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Reopening School in a Pandemic
As the start of the 2020-21 school year rapidly approaches, many of you have asked how I think schools should re-open...
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Flying with Kids During a Pandemic
Who would you give up quarantine for?
What would you leave the safety of your home for, expand your social bubble f...
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Kawasaki Disease, ACE-2 & COVID-19: what a pediatrician wants you to know
By now, many of you have heard that the UK has issued an “urgent alert” to all British physicians about a rare compli...
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A Pediatrician’s Pandemic Immune Support Plan: How to Build Immune Resilience
[UPDATED: August 2021]
Many of you have asked me how to support your family’s immune systems with back-to-school duri...
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Gratitude & Coronavirus Resilience
Did you know that Gratitude is actually good for your immune system? College students who performed a “Loving Kindnes...
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NSAIDS & Coronavirus: should we be worried?
Can taking NSAID medications like Ibuprofen (aka Motrin or Advil) really make COVID-19 infection worse? A possible c...
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Coronavirus & Social Distancing
Please, mamas & papas & caregivers, help #flattenthecurve … In the US, we are on a trajectory to double COVID...
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