“I believe your daughter has Infant Botulism. There is a treatment, but it is only made in California. She may get worse before she gets better. She may lose her breathing.” These words that were spoken to us only a short time after our five-month-old baby, Madison, entered the Emergency Room....
Read MoreDr. Rachel F. Plotnick, a Pediatrician with GBMC Health Partners, discusses the importance of kids getting enough sleep, how it differs depending on age group, and tips for parents on how they can help their sleep-deprived child.
Maryland Public Schools have one more week until Governor Larry Hogan wants them to reopen for hybrid learning. Dr. Rachel F. Plotnick, a Pediatrician with GBMC Health Partners, discusses the CDC's guidelines on returning to school, and whether returning to in person learning is safe.
The Maryland Department of Health reports at least four cases, one of which was fatal, of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children or MIS-C, the inflammatory syndrome linked to coronavirus.
Amid recent calls for the FDA to regulate e-cigarettes by Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the Greater Baltimore Medical Center's chairman of pediatrics, Dr. Timothy Doran, discussed teen vaping with WBAL News Now's Bryan Nehman.