Medically reviewed by Erin Diamond-Paulsen, NP The first full week of December is National Handwashing Awareness Week. This 2023, when flu, COVID-19, strep throat and RSV are spiking, it might feel like the year of handwashing awareness. Now would be the worst time for us to get complacent. With winter upon us, the spread of […]
We asked Dr. Mark Piehl, medical director of the WakeMed Children’s Hospital, what parents need to know about Human Enterovirus 68, a respiratory virus affecting children in the Midwest. He shared the following information with us and several reporters including Time Warner News. Human Enterovirus 68 is rare, but has been known to cause outbreaks […]
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