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I really don’t have any news that you can’t find from other sources, but did have a fun video sent to me from some friends. Have a safe weekend. Will continue to update you as things evolve.

The number of positive tests continues to rise, but as I keep reminding you, is to be expected since we are increasing the number of patients tested. He has of yesterday, Monroe County had processed 1966 tests. Of these, 148 were positive. That means, again, of all the people who were ill enough to qualify

I hope to have today’s numbers later today, but so far I have gotten many more calls about possible exposures to COVID-19. As of last night, there were 121 confirmed cases in Monroe County with 1756 tests performed. That is a 6.8% positive rate. That means that 93.2% of people who were ill enough to

The number of cases continue to rise (again partly because we are testing more). There are so many sources of information that I really don’t have more to add. The American Academy of Pediatrics has produced some very good resources for families and children. www.healthychildren.org And, thanks to a former family for reaching out… Keep

Thanks to former patient Andrew and his parents for this one. And thanks to all of you who have acknowledged my posts. I hope you find them helpful One of the nice “consequences” of the coronavirus pandemic is that I have heard from families of former patients. Some who go back to the very first

Academy recommends parents seek help for themselves, and use positive discipline techniques like time outs, redirection and reinforcement of good behaviors ITASCA, ILL. (March 23, 2020) — The American Academy of Pediatrics today advises parents facing stressors over COVID-19 to practice self-care, to reach out to others for help, and to use healthy discipline techniques,

Just received my daily update from Accountable Health Partners at the U of R. UR Medicine ran 78 tests for COVID-19 yesterday. 3 were positive (all 3 in hospitals). That is a 3.8% positive rate among those ill enough to be tested locally. The UR lab is now geared up to run 100+ tests a

We successfully emailed out our first newsletter thanks to Health Banks. Hope you found it interesting and not too overwhelming.  We will continue to try to update you via this blog, our Facebook Page, pingMD and now the newsletter. We anticipate continuing to function as we did last week. We kept the waiting room and

Ibuprofen vs Tylenol in times of COVID-19 With COVID information flying fast and furious, it is important to turn to sources you can trust, like yours truly (I try my best). Information from France is suggesting that Ibuprofen may not be best for those with coronavirus infection.  This information is anecdotal and has not been supported

More cases are being diagnosed (because more tests are being run and backlog cleared), more patients are being hospitalized and we don’t know when the end will be in sight but it will be. We do need to “stay calm” and rely on good information, not sensational news  or comments made by politicians who really