and kevin schofield, the political editor of huffpost uk. tomorrow s front pages starting with. many of tomorrow s papers lead on the deaths of at least six children in england and wales since september from the strep a bacterial infection. numbers of cases are now five times higher than before the covid pandemic, according to the telegraph. it s also interviewed the foreign secretary james cleverley about ukraine. he cautions that any peace talks with the russian president could be used to rearm troops. the daily mail reports on what it describes as a surge in strep a cases. it suggests that could be linked with lockdowns and lower childhood immunity. the mirror also splashes on the strep a story. it reports that doctors are urging parents to check primary school age children for symptoms. according to a poll about brexit
to teachers. talk about nurses, but extending out to teachers, ambulance workers, 100,000 to teachers, ambulance workers, 100,000 of them on track as well. this will 100,000 of them on track as well. this will be 100,000 of them on track as well. this will be all over the place, real work this will be all over the place, real work is, you have strict every day in real work is, you have strict every day in the real work is, you have strict every day in the run up to christmas in the six day in the run up to christmas in the six weeks to christmas parts of the six weeks to christmas parts of the public the six weeks to christmas parts of the public sector will be striking. so it the public sector will be striking. so it is the public sector will be striking. so it is a the public sector will be striking. so it is a winter of discontent building so it is a winter of discontent building up for some time it was tracy building up for some time it was tracy chapman who w
or strep or rsv or any number of viruses. covid is still out there even though the rates around the country are pointing to influenza and rsv viruses. i read something scary from the president of the children s hospital association. intensive care units are at or above capacity in every children s hospital in the united states right now. what should parents know? two things. rsv can catch up on you. very common for children who have rsv. presents like a common cold and, in fact, most people it is, but in little children especially those under 2 can attack the small air waves. if children are using other muscles like stomach or neck to breathe, a reason to call your pediatrician first if uncomfortable. get to an emergency room especially a children s
patients to hospital for hospitalization for monitoring more so than flue, more so than covid. if we have 75 and 85% of pediatric hospital beds filled with rsv patients, what s going to happen if you have a patient who fell on the playground and injure their risk? maybe they sustained a fracture or was in a car accident or has appendicitis? other children need to go to the emergency room and seek medical care and it will be a strain on the health care system. it will be a challenge, but the good news is for the majority of patients that test positive, whether it is strep and function, bacterial, viral infection, many of them do well. but the key is knowing if you are at high risk. who is high risk? the very young. the elderly. pregnant women. those who have a weak immune system or a medical condition. some of the symptoms we tend to see our low-grade fever, cough,
china has monopolized the pharmaceutical industry. fortunately, jackson health care has open up an antibiotic plant in bristol, tennessee, and they are trying to manufacture amoxicillin and antibiotics, but we need it now. we can t wait to weeks, three weeks. just yesterday, i do 7-year-old girl who had a really bad case of strep and i had to put her on antibiotics, amoxicillin. pharmacies were out. i was on the phone calling different pharmacies pleading and begging i need this for my patient. she needs it because she is sick and she has a fever. after three different pharmacies, i was able to find it for her. we have a shortage of baby formula and now this. never in a million years would i have thought. lauren: this is america. why are we in a more terms of creating the chemicals here at home question work i don t get it. dr. siegel: the answer is it s cheaper. it s a labor is cheaper overseas. we went through it over and over. farming out labor overseas and we call ingredients.