PEDIATRIC HEALTH ASSOCIATES

REMINDER: The World Vision/CareLink Foundation 6k race is Saturday, May 6th!    You may register at the race starting at 8:15 am.  Cost is $50 for those 15 years of age,  $25 for those under 15 years. Registration will be held at Pediatric Health's Naperville far south parking lot that is off the River Road entrance. All funds go to World Vision's clean water initiatives.    We hope to see you there! ********************************************************************* From the desk of Nurse Practitioners  Josie Dawe and Katie Faragher: Josie Dawe, CPNP Katie Faragher, CPNP For World Immunization Week (April 24-30), US medical experts have raised concern about the number of Americans who still are not vaccinating their children.  Vaccines have dramatically decreased the number of people affected by potentially deadly diseases such as measles, whooping cough, influenza, and polio.  Unfortunately, according to the World Health Organization (WHO...

Pediatric Health welcomes home Dr. Jihad Shoshara from his medical mission trip to Jordan where he and an incredible team of physicians saw over 3,500 Syrian refugees.   Reading the plight of some of the sickest refugees is heartbreaking. Yet it also makes you think how fortunate we are to live here in the U.S. Day 0 Preparations: https://www.facebook.com/shoshara/posts/10154379624006512 Day 1: Mafraq: https://www.facebook.com/shoshara/posts/10154383207861512 Day 2: Teamwork: https://www.facebook.com/shoshara/posts/10154386572636512 Days 3 and 4: The Things That We Can Do: https://www.facebook.com/shoshara/posts/10154393300986512 Day 5: Full Force: https://www.facebook.com/shoshara/posts/10154396098081512 Day 6: Zaatari: https://www.facebook.com/shoshara/posts/10154404694556512 Epilogue: https://www.facebook.com/shoshara/posts/10154410557841512 ***************************************************** World Vision and The CareLink Foundation present:   6K FOR WATER  on M...

Mylan Pharmaceuticals has just posted a recall for several lot numbers of their Epi-Pen.  If you have a device included in the below list of lot numbers, please contact your pharmacy about either exchanging your current Epi-Pen or refilling with a non-affected lot number.