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Laura K. Grubb, MD, MPH

Medical Reviewer Member of the SingleCare Medical Board
Laura K. Grubb, MD, MPH, is a board-certified pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist. She cares for patients in an urban academic medical center and is active with national organizations focusing on child health, public health, and adolescent health care. In addition, she has been a volunteer with the Amigos de Las Americas organization since 1990—first as a community volunteer and now as a medical advisor.
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A flu vaccine with bubbles represent flu shot reactions and flu shot side effects
Health Education

Common flu shot side effects

Children with hand, foot, and mouth disease
Health Education

The parent’s guide to hand, foot, and mouth disease in children

A boy with fifth disease in kids
Health Education

How to identify—and treat—fifth disease (parvo) in kids

Roseola in kids - baby crawling
Health Education

What is roseola? How do you treat it?

Ear infections in kids
Health Education

Ear Infections in kids

Pink eye in children
Health Education

How to treat—and avoid—pink eye in children

Back to School Physical
Wellness

Time to schedule a back-to-school physical

Coronavirus back to school - two kids with backpacks
Health Education

Should your kids go back to school during COVID-19?

A teddy bear with children pain relievers
Drug Info

What’s the best pain reliever or fever reducer for kids?

Birth Control Options
Health Education

Birth control options: What’s right for you?

Autoimmune disorders in women
Health Education

Why are autoimmune disorders more common in women?

Birth Control and Alcohol
Drug Info

Is it safe to drink alcohol while taking birth control pills?

folic acid pregnancy - why it's important
Drug Info

Why pregnant women need to take folic acid

What is perimenopause - fan with heat waves
Health Education

What is perimenopause?

Heat rash treatment, medications, and home remedies
Health Education

Heat rash treatment and medications

IBS and Pregnancy (pregnant woman)
Health Education

How to safely manage IBS symptoms during pregnancy

Tissues and a mask represent allergy symptoms vs coronavirus symptoms
News

Is it allergies…or COVID?

A bunch of flowers and a nose represent allergy medicine for kids
Health Education

The best allergy medicine for kids

A drawing of a pregnant woman with a heart represents normal heart rate for pregnant women
Health Education

Heart health during pregnancy

A line drawing of a pregnant belly represents blood clots during pregnancy
Health Education

Blood clots during pregnancy

Healthy habits for kids
Wellness

How to keep your kids healthy all year long

What can I take for nausea while pregnant? - mint
Health Education

Treating nausea during pregnancy

Taking medicine while pregnant
Drug Info

What you should know about taking medicine while pregnant

Birth control weight gain - bill control pill pack and a scale
Health Education

Does birth control cause weight gain?

Woman's arm representing Nexplanon birth control implant
Drug Info

Everything you need to know about Nexplanon, the birth control i...

How to choose your doctor
Wellness

How to find a primary care provider

Stress Free at the Holidays -- Marshmallow man in cup
Wellness

7 ways to manage holiday stress

A child's hand with blocks represents ADHD misdiagnosis
Health Education

ADHD misdiagnosis in kids

A tongue depressor represents tonsilitis
Health Education

What is tonsillitis?

well-woman exam: woman waiting on doctor's table
Health Education

What a well-woman exam is and why it is important

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