It’s especially important to protect yourself by getting vaccinated for flu this season. Here’s why: Influenza vaccination SAVES LIVES. Vaccination for influenza normally saves 3,000-10,000 deaths each season. But vaccination during a heavy and widespread season would...
We know. We get it. Almost everyone has an ER horror story of waiting hours to be seen only to brusquely dismissed and discharged home with “It’s only a virus!” Or, a month after the ER visit, there arrives an unexpected bill in the mail for...
Our front desk staff continues to field hundreds of calls each week about booster doses for COVID-19. Up until this past week, the FDA has authorized booster doses only for those who are immunocompromised. This is based on studies showing that those with diminished...
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage, people are looking for anything over the counter to prevent them from getting sick. While vaccination has proven to be the best strategy to prevent serious illness from the COVID-19 virus, there are additional ways to...
Now that there are so many options for COVID testing available to the consumer, how do you know which one you need so that you are getting an accurate result without wasting your time and money? The answer depends upon what you need the test for—which can range from...
