In the days before a vaccine for chicken pox became widely available, some parents would host “chicken pox parties” amidst an outbreak to try to ensure that their kids wouldn’t be left out of the wave of infections. McDeavitt said Omicron tends to be mild in children, “but sometimes it’s not.” Dr. Dean A. Blumberg, chief of pediatric infectious diseases …
Delta is much more transmissible than other strains, which means it can sp “The increase in number of pediatric cases has mirrored the dominance of the Delta variant,” said Dr. Aaron Milstone, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “Kids are very much at risk of this variant.” The variant’s success may have to …
dragana991 via Getty Images Flu season and the COVID-19 pandemic are set to collide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it’s “likely” that the viruses that cause the flu and the viruses that cause COVID-19 will both be circulating this fall and winter. “It doesn’t make risk zero.” Myth: The flu vaccine could make you sick, weak or …
