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COVID-19 bits and pieces
An essay on pediatric transmission of SARS-CoV-2, deep cleaning, and reopening schools and colleges.
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Got a short attention span?
It turns out that by stumbling into a career in outpatient general pediatrics I found a perfect fit for my truncated attention span.
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Behind the mask
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School daze
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The grocery store hug
I meet folks in the grocery store with whom I share a special affection and that magnetic spark still leaps between our eyes, just visible over...
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On being nonessential
We and the immunizations we provide are being taken for granted.
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Is HIPAA critical?
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Tool-less but not clueless
When I was practicing pediatrics, I could never really warm up to the screening tools that were being touted as must-haves for detecting...
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Armchair epidemiology
This armchair epidemiologist suspects that, when we are talking about an outside space, the 6-foot guideline for small groups is overly...
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What will pediatrics look like in 2022?
Maybe you will have instituted an appointment schedule with sick visits in the morning and well checks in the afternoon.
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Learning about the curve
There is another curve that we will need to concentrate on long after the much yearned for flattening of the death curve has been achieved.
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Sunshine on my shoulders
Dr. William G. Wilkoff offers a ‘natural’ solution to the anxiety, depression, and loneliness that come with the forced social isolation.
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Do we need another vital sign?
“You don’t need to chart the depressing details because, as we know, relying on patient or parental recall is unlikely to provide the actual...
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Under the influence
Social influencers on the Internet can affect teens’ food choices.