If your child needs a sports or camp physical this spring, South Shore Health Urgent Care has you covered! All six of our offices provide pre-participation physical exams for students in grades K-12 for sports and camp activities, and walk-in care or convenient appointment scheduling is available.

If it seems like heat waves are happening more often, are more intense and longer lasting – it’s because they are. According to the EPA, the number of heat waves in major U.S. cities annually has tripled in the last half century and it has been hazardous to our health. Extreme heat is the leading weather-related cause of death in the U.S. killing more than 700 people every year.