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Blue Fish Katy Saturday Urgent Care Begins 8/7/2021
We are pleased to announce that our Katy office will begin offering Saturday morning urgent care services for Katy patients beginning on Saturday, August 7, 2021. Saturday urgent care services are available by same [...]
Assessing the Risk of Activities for Unvaccinated Children
This is a helpful tool to assess the relative risk of various activities for unvaccinated children: https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/navigating-kid-related-activities
COVID-19 Vaccine: Top 7 Parental Concerns Answered
The following was created by Katelyn K. Jetelina, PhD MPH, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
COVID-19 Vaccine Coadministration
Per the CDC, the COVID-19 vaccine may now be coadministered with other vaccines. Please read an excerpt from the CDC article below: COVID-19 Coadministration Full article: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/info-by-product/clinical-considerations.html#Coadministration
COVID-19 Vaccine Sites for Adolescents
Here are a few links to vaccination sites for adolescents: Harris County Vaccine Hub Map https://tdem.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=3700a84845c5470cb0dc3ddace5c376b Memorial Hermann COVID Vaccine https://www.memorialhermann.org/services/conditions/coronavirus/texas-vaccine-hub Houston Methodist https://www.houstonmethodist.org/texas-vaccine-hub/ State Vaccine Schedule Site (Texas HHS) https://getthevaccine.dshs.texas.gov/txces/s/?language=en_US [...]
Dr. Jung’s Blog Post About COVID-19 Vaccine for Adolescents
Please read Dr. Jung's blog post about the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents. www.peterjung.blogspot.com
NY Times: FDA to Authorize Pfizer Vaccines for Adolescents
New York Times: F.D.A to Authorize Pfizer Vaccine for Adolescents by Early Next Week
Blue Fish Katy Welcomes Dr. Sumith Madhavarapu
We are excited to announce that Dr. Sumith Madhavarapu has joined our Katy practice! He is accepting new patients now and he will begin seeing patients on August 2, 2021. If you would like [...]
Summer Newsletter Available!
Parents of Blue Fish Pediatrics, The 2021 summer newsletter is available to download here: 2021 Summer Newsletter Thankfully the COVID vaccine should make our summer safer this year. However, the pandemic is still on-going [...]
No Memorial Urgent Care Clinic on 9/5/2020
Our Memorial office is moving this weekend to a larger, brand new suite!! We will be located at suite 525 of the 5th floor of our same building. Therefore, will be closed this Saturday, Sept [...]
CDC Study on Daycares in RI
The following is an epidemiologist’s summary of the 8/21/20 CDC report on Rhode Island daycare COVID transmission. Punchline: if you follow strict guidelines, daycares can operate with minimal spread. On June 1, Rhode Island [...]
Dr. Jung’s Blog Post on Returning to School
Dr. Peter Jung recently wrote a blog post about returning to school this fall: http://peterjung.blogspot.com/2020/07/post-50-school-reopening-during-covid.html
Guidance on Returning to School
Blue Fish Pediatrics supports the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in regards to children returning to school this fall. This article summarizes the AAP recommendation for returning to school: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/COVID-19/Pages/Return-to-School-During-COVID-19.aspx This [...]
Article: Rating the Risks of 14 Summer Activities
Here is a helpful article on the risks of summer activities: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/23/861325631/from-camping-to-dining-out-heres-how-experts-rate-the-risks-of-14-summer-activit
Article: How to Handle Visiting Grandparents
Here is a helpful article about visiting grandparents: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/15/health/how-to-visit-grandparents-wellness-trnd/index.html
Article: Guide to Staying Safe as States Reopen
Dear Blue Fish Family, This timely and excellent article (link below) is essentially how we have been answering patients when asked, "What is safe and what would you feel safe doing with your family?" https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/05/restaurants-stores-reopen-dos-and-donts/611314/?fbclid=IwAR2uW9uvoNmc2JbuCLii04-vgweSA104Wp-sLbDGRI3CNZqL0ahTboISZpY [...]
AAP COVID-19 Page
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has created a helpful COVID-19 page that we encourage you to visit: https://healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/chest-lungs/Pages/2019-Novel-Coronavirus.aspx
AAP: Masks and Children During COVID-19
Please read this helpful American Academy of Pediatrics article on the CDC recommendation that children over age 2 wear face masks during COVID-19: https://services.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/masks-and-children-during-covid-19/
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