Keep on Track with Your Child's Vaccinations Well-child visits and routine immunizations are important. Routine childhood vaccinations are an important way to ensure that your child remains healthy and protected against serious diseases, like measles and whooping cough. Check with your child’s doctor to make sure they’re protected against vaccine-preventable diseases. You have the power…
Schedule Your Child's Wellness Exam and Sports Physical Canyonlands Healthcare is scheduling Well Child Visits for all children. Well-child visits are essential for many reasons, including: Tracking growth and developmental milestones Discussing any concerns about your child’s health Getting scheduled vaccinations to prevent illnesses like measles and whooping cough (pertussis) and other serious diseases Sports Physicals…
Symptoms of an Infection with BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 The subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 account for nearly 70 percent of cases in the U.S. in December 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. People infected with these subvariants also tend to report cold-like symptoms: sore throats headaches runny noses fever and night sweats…
What You Should Know about the BA.5 Subvariant The highly transmissible B5 appears to be both vaccine and immunity resistant, meaning those who have had COVID before, even recently, are not protected from infection. Omicron variant is the most highly mutated strain, with at least 32 mutations in the spike protein, which means it has…
COVID-19 Vaccines Build Protection Getting vaccinated and staying up to date with COVID-19 vaccines is the best way to protect yourself and others against Omicron and other new variants. With each new variant, the COVID vaccines and their boosters remain our most powerful tool to fight all the strains of COVID-19 because the vaccines continue…
HPV Prevention: What You Can Do Now Cervical Cancer can be prevented with regular Pap and HPV tests for women 21 – 65 years old. Ask your healthcare professional about the HPV vaccine for ages 9-26. HPV is a very common infection that spreads through sexual activity, and it causes almost all cases of cervical…
Cold, Flu or COVID? They have similar symptoms and are spread by respiratory droplets. How can you tell the difference? As winter sets in and the COVID pandemic infections rise, every cough and sniffle will carry an extra worry: is it COVID? Because some of the symptoms of flu and COVID-19 are similar, it may…
The Best Ways to Prevent the Flu Influenza A and B viruses travel through the air in droplets when someone with the infection coughs, sneezes or talks. You can inhale the droplets directly or you can pick up the germs from an object — such as a telephone or computer keyboard — and then transfer…
How Symptoms of the Delta Variant are Different Doctors are reporting that the symptoms of the Delta variant are different from the previous COVID-19 symptoms. Recognizing symptoms of the Delta variant is important for getting timely medical care and for preventing further spread of the virus. Symptoms Among Children Among children, the more severe cases…
60% More Contagious Delta Variant Now in Arizona The Delta variant originally found in India is estimated to be 60% more contagious than U.K. alpha variant, which recently caused 70% of COVID-19 cases in Arizona. Arizona Public Health Association Executive Director Will Humble said experts “expect that the Delta variant will be dominant by mid-to-late…