Dr. Mary Beth Explains Fifth Disease
Dr. Mary Beth, PKIDs’ advice nurse, tells us what Fifth disease is and that we can’t really prevent it! But, we can manage symptoms. Listen now!...
View ArticleMonkeypox
This blog is a long time coming. We heard about monkeypox a few years ago and wanted to write it up just so we could use the word “monkeypox.” Turns out, monkeypox the disease isn’t as funny as the...
View ArticleInternational Conference on Viral Hepatitis
The International Conference on Viral Hepatitis was held in mid-April in Baltimore. The conference description was as follows: There exist significant challenges to diagnosing and linking to treatment...
View ArticleVaccine Fears: What You Can Do
What’s not to fear directly about vaccines? There’s a needle that someone pokes into your child. Your child screams. You tense up. What’s in there? you wonder. Viral or bacterial bits that, in ways...
View ArticleAsk Emily
Why does our skin break out in a rash with some viral infections like measles or Fifth disease? These sorts of rashes are technically known as viral exanthems (the word derives from the Greek word...
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