A new COVID strain is causing a common infection — pink eye. The new strain, dubbed XBB.1.16, accounts for about 14% of COVID infections in the United States, according to the CDC. To find out what parents should know about this new strain and symptom of COVID, Dr. Evelyn Pangonis, pediatric infectious disease doctor and […]
What parents need to know about mpox
With only a handful of pediatric cases in the country and 70+ total cases in the state of Ohio, mpox shouldn’t be of great concern to parents. Yet, parents have questions and understandably so. Dr. Evelyn Scott Pangonis, medical director of infection control and prevention at Akron Children’s, answers some of the more common questions […]
New pediatric infectious disease physician Dr. Scott Pangonis likens his role to a medical detective
Much like Hugh Laurie in the TV medical drama, “House,” Dr. Scott Pangonis plays medical detective when it comes to evaluating, diagnosing and managing children with complex medical issues. As Akron Children’s newest pediatric infectious disease physician, he tackles health mysteries using a systemic approach to search for answers about whether or not a child’s […]
