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Expert Tips for Staying Healthy and Safe This Winter In many areas of the country, colder weather brings coughs, colds, slips and strains. Even if you live in a warm location, the gatherings associated with the winter holidays can increase your risk of getting sick. Here are some tips for staying safe this season.

Routine childhood immunization among children born between 1994 and 2018 will prevent 419 million illnesses, 8 million hospitalizations and 936,000 early deaths over the course of their lifetimes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

After several years of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, experts warn that many areas of the country are now experiencing a “tripledemic” of COVID, influenza (flu) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common childhood illness that can also infect adults. Pregnant women and young children are particularly vulnerable to these viruses. Here’s what you need to know to keep yourself and your fami ...

It’s time for the kids to go back to school — and time to be sure your and your child’s immunizations are up to date. It’s only natural to have questions about immunizing your child as well as others in your household. Zachary Hoy, M.D., a pediatric infectious disease specialist with Pediatrix® Nashville Pediatric Infectious Disease, answers common questions regarding vaccines and immunization sch ...

The words “the flu” and “flu season” have become so common that the significance of the flu virus is often reduced to nothing more severe than seasonal allergies. People know the flu will come and go every year, so it’s habitually looked at in the same vein as anything else cyclical in nature. However, what is often overlooked is that hundreds of thousands of Americans are hospitalized every year ...