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2020
May
11,
2020
| 16:08 PM America/Chicago
It’s allergy season in Texas! (Isn’t it always allergy season in Texas?) But, unfortunately, we also are in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
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2019
September
27,
2019
| 17:30 PM America/Chicago
1. When a child has a sore throat, in general, there is a 37 percent chance that it is strep (Group A Strep, aka, Streptococcus pyogenes) 2. Fifteen-20 percent of kids WITH NO SYMPTOMS AT ALL will be POSITIVE FOR STREP if tested. This …
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March
19,
2019
| 15:25 PM America/Chicago
Sniffling, sneezing, tummy aches and worse. A lot of things are in the air right now making kids and adults sick. So what are our physicians seeing? Halley Hogan, M.D., a pediatrician at Cook Children’s newest location in Prosper, Texas, …
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2018
October
26,
2018
| 09:55 AM America/Chicago
“So, you’re saying my child has strep booty?” “Well, umm, uhhh, ummm, yeah I guess that is what I’m saying….And, now that I think about it, I will definitely be calling it that for the rest of my …
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2015
September
08,
2015
| 10:58 AM America/Chicago
As the husband and son of teachers, I understand the importance of education. As a pediatrician, I want to make sure that kids are in school as much as possible so that the experts in education can do what they are called to do. Along with this …
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