Sep 24, 2026
The final part of our respiratory season series. We’ve covered telling the illnesses apart, this year’s vaccines, urgent care versus the ER, and the school-season sick cycle. We close with the group for whom all of this works differently. The Sentence That...
Sep 17, 2026
Part 4 of our respiratory season series. So far: telling the illnesses apart, this year’s vaccines, and urgent care versus the ER. This one is for the households doing all of it with kids in the house. Right About Now Is the Worst of It If it feels like your kid...
Sep 10, 2026
Part 3 of our respiratory season series. We’ve covered telling the four illnesses apart and this year’s vaccines. Now the question that actually sends people searching at two in the morning. Stop Reading and Call 911 If Any of This Is Happening We’re...
Sep 3, 2026
This is Part 2 of our respiratory season series. In Part 1 we covered how to tell flu, cold, COVID and RSV apart. Now the prevention side: what actually changed about this year’s vaccines, who each one is for, and how to think clearly about a season when the...
Aug 27, 2026
This is Part 1 of a new series for Brooklyn and Queens families on getting through respiratory season. Over the coming weeks we’ll cover this year’s vaccines, when a cough belongs in urgent care versus the ER, how to handle the school-season sick cycle,...
Mar 5, 2026
You wake up with a stuffy nose, scratchy throat, and that familiar foggy feeling. Is it allergies acting up again—or are you actually getting sick? In Brooklyn and Queens, where spring pollen season overlaps with lingering flu and COVID circulation, this question...
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