Health Education and Videos | Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialty | UC Davis Children's Hospital

Dealing with the new way of life during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic can be overwhelming for parents and children, especially when it comes to staying safe at school and other activities.

Find out when you need the emergency department and how to care for your child at home when this complication of RSV strikes.

UC Davis pediatric infectious disease expert talks about the HPV vaccine and its importance for cancer prevention.

UC Davis Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Dr. Dean Blumberg explains what you should know about flu symptoms and treatments, prevention, and who’s at risk for complications.

Dr. Dean Blumberg, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UC Davis Children’s Hospital, answers questions about measles and explains what you should know about the disease.

What is monkeypox and how does it spread? Dr. Dean Blumberg, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at UC Davis Children’s Hospital in Sacramento, explains what you should know.

Dr. Dean Blumberg, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at UC Davis Children’s Hospital, explains what you should know about this current outbreak.

Pertussis (whooping cough) is a bacterial infection that can cause children to cough for weeks or months. 

What you should know about polio, including what the symptoms are, how it spreads, why the vaccines are safe and why there has been a resurgence in the U.S.

Dr. Dean Blumberg from the UC Davis Children’s Hospital explains what you should know about Respiratory Syncytial Virus to keep yourself and your children safe.

In the U.S., West Nile virus is probably the most common disease spread by mosquitos. This may cause fever, headache, and in severe cases, neurologic disease like meningitis.