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Back to School: Tips for a Healthy Start to the New School Year
As summer winds down and the new school year approaches, it’s important to make sure your child is ready for the change in routine. Here are some tips to support their health and well-being as they head back to school. Sleep Hygiene Sleep is a cornerstone of...
Talking with Your Child About the Ukraine Invasion
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PRESS RELEASE (10/22/21) – Dr. David Berger to Present to FDA About Pfizer Vaccine and Children
DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 22, 2021 Contact: Leslie Farrell, 813.493.1805 Leslie@FarrellCI.com Dr. David Berger to Present to FDA: Pfizer Vaccine and Children Tampa, Fla. – Board certified pediatrician, Dr. David...
WFLA Ch. 8: How Safe Are Kids Without Masks This Summer
Pediatrician Dr. David Berger joins Gayle Guyardo on Bloom to share ways parents can keep their kids safe now that mask mandates are relaxed.
Bay News 9: Questions Remain About Protection Breast Milk Offers Infants Against COVID-19
Click this link or image above to view the video TAMPA, Fla. — While there’s evidence to suggest breast milk offers infants protection against COVID-19, health professionals say more research is needed to answer remaining questions. “There are still a lot of unknowns...
WPTV5 West Palm Beach: Tips on how you can minimize COVID-19 vaccine side effects
TAMPA BAY, Fla. — With about four million people in Florida being fully vaccinated, some are experiencing side effects. A few people will have no reaction after getting the COVID-19 vaccine, but if you do experience symptoms, doctors say it’s a good thing. “It...
ABC Action News: Proposed bill could limit access to medical marijuana for pediatric patients in Florida
TAMPA, Fla. — At just two-years-old, Kevin Mundaca’s daughter Lilli became one of the first pediatric patients in Florida to be put on the medical cannabis program. “The chemo treatment that they had, it was killing her. We literally had to pull her out of it...
Bay News 9: Tampa Doctor says Bill to Limit Medical Marijuana Potency May Also Limit Access for Pediatric Patients
Click this link or image above to view the view TAMPA, Fla. — A bill that would cap the potency of medical marijuana in Florida got pushed back Tuesday — not just ahead of a vote in the Florida House of Representatives Professions and Public Health Subcommittee, but...
Fox 13 News: Tampa pediatrician to FDA advisory board: More data needed on vaccination and pregnancy
TAMPA, Fla. – There is very limited data about the safety of getting a COVID-19 vaccine as it relates to being pregnant. A Bay Area physician says drug makers and the federal government should be more transparent about the lack of data so expectant mothers can make...
ABC Action News: Florida Expecting 175,000 Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Doses this Week
Florida’s vaccination effort is getting another boost with Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccine. They expect to deliver the doses this week. Four million doses of the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine are currently being shipped across the country....