The Kids + Podcast Kids Plus Pediatrics

In this special mini-episode, Kids + Provider Dr. Sarah Springer offers an audio Doctor’s Note on why so many kids are sick all the time right now, when to call us in the office, when to be concerned, when NOT to be concerned, how best to be seen, and why there’s hope on the horizon.

Pediatric allergist and clinical immunologist Dr. Zachary Rubin talks about food, drug, and seasonal allergies, the problem with home test kits, respiratory infections, the immune system, introducing foods to kids, allergic reactions to vaccines, why seasonal allergies are getting worse, and the current science on Long COVID. 

Award-winning investigative journalist and three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist David Heath talks about the process of researching and writing, and some of the key stories and scientists featured in, his new book, Longshot: The Inside Story of the Race for the COVID-19 Vaccine.

Pediatric gastroenterologist Dr. Rebecca Winderman talks about the digestive process, and a whole host of related issues and concerns, including gas, reflux, constipation, vomiting, stooling, prebiotics, probiotics, fiber, the gut microbiome, the many colors of poop, and the importance of a baby's first stool.

Data scientist and financial crimes investigator Jake Oakley -- who was, until recently, a very vocal, and very public, anti-COVID-vaccine activist -- talks with remarkable clarity and insight about his "defection" from that way of thinking, his emergence from a childhood steeped in conspiracy theories, and the work he does now to fight online mis- and disinformation.

Internationally renowned infectious disease expert Dr. Paul Offit covers the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic, with data-driven information on variants, vaccines, immunity, infectiousness, masks, memory cells, antibodies, boosters, breakthroughs, the difference between PCR & antigen tests, and more.