Most people associate the flu season as an October to March event. The flu is around all year, and so far, A (H1N1) pdm09, A (H3N2), and B flu viruses are all circulating. Activity is low, but it is trending upward at a rate of 0.9%. COVID-19 rates are also...
Knowing when to go to urgent care and when to manage injuries at home can be challenging. Every year, urgent care centers and hospitals treat millions of patients. ERs alone saw 139.8 million patients in 2021, and 41.8% of those visits took less than 15 minutes. It’s...
Some patients become confused over the necessity of a yearly physical exam. A physical exam is a comprehensive health test where a primary care physician looks at your overall health through a series of tests and conversations. Most physical exams start with...
Between 2018 and now, some sexually-transmitted infections (STIs), decreased while others increased. We’re using the term STI regarding statistics as that’s how the CDC reports these. You may be more familiar with the older term ‘sexually transmitted disease” or STD....
California’s Central Valley shapes much of the state’s interior region. It’s a 450-mile stretch of land that at its widest point measures 60 miles. It’s also one of the hottest regions in California, especially in the southern San Joaquin Valley and Tulare Basin. ...
Per a 2017 report, Californians forfeited 97 million paid days off. Almost half of people in the U.S. do not use all of their time off, and there are five reasons why this is so common. Don’t need all of the time off they get. Don’t want to fall behind at work. Don’t...
