Apr 16, 2023 | Illness & Infections
All too often, contemporary medicine is conducted with an onslaught of testing that fails to get to the heart of problematic symptoms. Faced with a sick child, doctors immediately call for viral panels as a matter of course, a kneejerk reaction that does little to...
Mar 29, 2023 | Illness & Infections
Over the last several months, Culex Wellness – as well as every other pediatrician’s office, urgent care, and Emergency Room throughout the country – has noticed a significant uptick in gastrointestinal bugs and stomach upset in young patients. In addition to being...
Feb 28, 2023 | Illness & Infections
Amidst an increase in multiple respiratory viruses like RSV, the onset of flu season, and continued pandemic concerns, ERs, urgent care centers, and doctor’s offices are seeing an uptick in visits, prompted by every sore throat, sniffle, and sneeze and...
Oct 27, 2022 | Illness & Infections
Work long enough in medicine, and eventually, you’ll hear the all-too-common phrase: “I don’t want to get the flu vaccine. Every time I do, I get sick.” The reality is that today’s influenza vaccines are all inactivated, as in “dead,” says Dr. Keyvan Rafei, MD, Chief...
Oct 26, 2022 | Illness & Infections
Cold and flu season has arrived. For parents of school-aged children – particularly families with multiple kids – that frequently means a lot of revolving sniffles, sneezes, coughs, and fevers throughout the fall and winter months. What is sometimes interesting,...
