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Many Older People Embrace Vaccines. Research Is Proving Them Right.

Physician's Weekly

Kim Beckham, an insurance agent in Victoria, Texas, had seen friends suffer so badly from shingles that she wanted to receive the first approved shingles vaccine as soon as it became available, even if she had to pay for it out-of-pocket. Some older people are really eager to be vaccinated. Kennedy Jr.,

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New South Family Medicine and MedSpa Offers Next Level Care

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

EKGs Discounted lab services Laceration repairs Small skin lesion removal Medication dispensing Seeking to provide primary care services that are intended to prevent and treat general issues and diagnose non-urgent conditions. Specialty referrals can be reduced or eliminated.

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Whoop! There It Is: A Pertinent Pediatric Pertussis Podcast

PEMBlog

In this episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast , we explore pertussis, also known as whooping cough – a disease that remains a public health challenge despite widespread vaccination efforts. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Available at: [link] Accessed December 3, 2024.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

You can broaden the scope of diagnoses. Go back in your mind, November of 2020, COVID is at its peak, we don’t have vaccines quite yet. And in the omnibus bill that was last passed, the waiver was extended through the end of 2024. It really doesn’t matter all that much. There are some subtleties there.

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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

PEMBlog

Updated 2024 Jan 19]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Common variants associated with general and MMR vaccine-related febrile seizures. 2024 Feb 11:S0196-0644(24)00017-9. Vaccines don’t cause autism, but they might cause febrile seizures. Febrile Seizure. In: StatPearls [Internet].

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