Spring is here and the budding plants, trees and flowers will soon be in full bloom. So too will the seasonal allergies that affect an estimated 81 million Americans. But there are things you can do to alleviate the sneezing, coughing, congestion and itchy eyes. Allergy specialists recommend the following tips to suppress seasonal allergies.
COVID Cases Are Rising: Is a Winter Wave on the Way?
Following a few quiet months on the COVID front, cases are on the rise again nationally, for the first time since last summer’s FLiRT variants were circulating.
After five summers with us, COVID-19 has settled in. And it’s become a bit of a FLiRT. Todd Ellerin, MD shares the latest on COVID's new FLiRT variants and what we can expect with the virus heading into fall.
It’s OK to be Over COVID – ‘We’re in a Better Place'
Most people have moved on from COVID-19 and that’s okay, even though COVID-19 isn’t over, according to Todd Ellerin, MD, South Shore Health’s Director of Infectious Disease.
Receive the Right Care, in the Right Place, Right Away at Health Express
Prior to the pandemic, urgent care was one of the fastest growing segments of the health care industry. In the five-year period 2014-2019, the number...
Nearly three years into the pandemic, we’ve learned a lot about COVID-19. We know how to protect ourselves from the virus with vaccines, prevent its spread by masking and social distancing and how to treat infections with antiviral and anti-inflammatory medications. But we still have much to learn about the condition known as long COVID.
Three Years into the Pandemic, Six Questions about Our Future with COVID-19
Todd B. Ellerin, MD, Director of Infectious Disease at South Shore Health provides some perspective on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic today and what our future with the virus may hold.