We have hired a pediatric nurse practitioner, Lauren Marchetti, APRN. She will be functioning as a primary care provider (PCP), seeing children for both sick and well visits.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given approval, by emergency use authorization (EUA), on the COVID vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna in children 6 months to 5 years of age.
The best scenario that we can hope for is that everyone follows the guidelines of wearing mask at all times in public, keeping physically distant, and washing/disinfecting hands often.
Over the past month, the state of Massachusetts has seen a reduced number of people testing positive for COVID-19 and has started to allow reopening of businesses.
To sign up for MyChart, a patient of 14 years or older, or a parent/legal guarding of a patient under 14 years of age, can contact our office and provide an email address.
We are administering influenza (flu) vaccines to our patients during well and sick visits, and we have added staff on Saturday morning and Tuesday afternoons for patients who come just for the flu vaccine.