Health Tips & Practice News

At Samaritan Medical Care Center, we are here for all of your urgent (or just nagging) medical conditions, with walk-in care available seven days a week. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, much of our focus has been on providing the testing services needed by our...

Sweet summertime! Are you looking forward to lighting up the grill for some easy, delicious meals? Or, maybe you’re heading outdoors and ready for s’mores over a campfire. And 4th of July fireworks are right around the corner as well. While these seasonal pastimes...

With authorized and recommended COVID-19 vaccines now available in the US, we have real hope for stopping the pandemic. There are currently two FDA-authorized mRNA vaccines for COVID-19: the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine (for ages 16+) and the Moderna...

When you’re clutching at your throat because it feels raw, scratchy and painful, and it hurts just to swallow, all you want is to feel better. Along with "why me?," you're likely asking yourself, is this part of a cold?; strep throat?; or worse--a sign of coronavirus?...

With fall--and flu season--fast approaching, COVID-19 is still circulating the country, and experts fear the combination may overwhelm already strained healthcare systems. Influenza accounts for hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations each year. Hospitals often...