Get your Shot and not the FLU!
Adirondack Pediatrics will be holding 2 Flu clinics in September. The First will be Saturday September 21, 2019 from 9 am to 11 am. The Second will be on Saturday September 28, 2019 from 9 am to 11 am. Space is limited so please call our office at 518-798-9538 to reserve a space for your…
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Sun Safety: Information for Parents About Sunburn & Sunscreen
https://healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/at-play/Pages/Sun-Safety.aspx Sun Safety: Information for Parents About Sunburn & Sunscreen It’s good for children and adults to spend time playing and exercising outdoors, and it’s important to do so safely. Simple Rules to Protect your Family from Sunburns Keep babies younger than 6 months out of direct sunlight. Find shade under a tree, an umbrella,…
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Dr Jim Fuchs Has Retired!
Dr. Jim Fuchs joined Dr. John and Dr. Kathy Braico at Adirondack Pediatrics in 1983. After 35 years of practice he has now decided to join them in retirement. Now he will be able to enjoy a well-deserved retirement. He will still be involved in the Lake George Community Band as well as other musical…
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Walk In Urgent Care available Starting 01/02/2018
Adirondack Pediatrics is happy to announce that starting January 2,2018 we will be offering WALK IN URGENT CARE. No appointment is necessary just walk in between 7 am and 8:30 am Monday thru Friday. These visit are meant for quick sick visit so parents and kids can plan their day and get a start on…
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Flu Clinics
Adirondack Pediatrics will be holding 2 Flu clinics in October. The First will be Sunday October 22, 2017 from 9 am to 11 am. The Second will be on Saturday October 28, 2017 from 9 am to 11 am. Space is limited so please call our office at 518-798-9538 to reserve a space for your…
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Office will be closing early on 7/13/2017
We will be closing at 3 pm today, 7/13/2017, our on-call Doctor can be reached at 518-798-9538.
OFFICE CLOSING EARLY DUE TO WINTER STORM
Adirondack Pediatrics will be closing at 12 pm due to the heavy snowfall that is expected today and tonight. We will reopen at 10 am on Wednesday morning. Thank you
Flu shot for 2016-2017
To our patients: This year we will NOT be offering the live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV), also known as the Flumist. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended earlier this summer that the flumist should not be used. This recommendation is based on a recent study…
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Vaccination Policy
Dear Patients and Families of Adirondack Pediatrics: Vaccinations are incredibly important to the health of your children and the community as a whole. The medical research is overwhelming that vaccines are safe and effective. Every parent wants what is best for their children (and so do we)! However, when parents refuse or delay vaccines they…
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Changes to Adirondack Pediatrics coming this summer.
Adirondack Pediatrics, PC was started by husband and wife pediatrician team John and Kathy Braico way back in the 1970s. They were joined by Jim Fuchs a few years later. Over the next two decades, a few more partners came, some went, and at the turn of the 21st century, their little practice had grown…
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