Jul 5, 2016 | Health & Safety
While summer continues to sizzle in Sarasota, I imagine that your thoughts are probably far away from influenza season. Not so for pediatricians! Summer time is when we are busy ordering flu vaccines for our Back to School flu clinics. And while the news isn’t...
Dec 22, 2015 | Health & Safety
I heard on the news today that the 2015-2016 flu season is off to a slow start, and by our count at Weiss Pediatric Care, that seems to be true. According to the Center for Disease Control, the timing of flu is very unpredictable and can vary in different parts of the...
Oct 26, 2015 | Infant and Child Health
A nationwide shortage of the FluMist, or nasal spray flu vaccine, is limiting the ways we can protect children from the flu this year. The manufacturer of FluMist has delivered only 30 percent of its orders to date, and estimates its supplies to be 60 percent, at...
