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With so many things going on this year, having a healthy holiday does not necessarily mean not catching a cold. It’s important to keep your physical and mental health at the top of your mind throughout the entire winter. There can be a lot of overwhelming pressure to maintain a sense of happiness while also wondering if your new cough is from COVID. AFC Urgent Care in Vernon is here to help you feel ...

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Before sending out invitations to your Thanksgiving feast, or making travel plans, you should prepare for another COVID-19 restricted holiday. This time, however, you should be planning for smaller gatherings and limiting your chance of exposure. New COVID-19 cases have been reported throughout Connecticut and there are over 60 communities that have high cases of the virus. Governor Lamont recently rolled us all back into Phase 2 with reduced capacity for restaurants to 50% and ...

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Your kids are itching to go out for a night of trick or treating, wearing costumes, and some Halloween fun. But, to have fun we also need to make sure that everyone stays healthy and safe. COVID-19 cases are on the rise and it’s making us question whether or not we should postpone plans. Things like facial masks, hand sanitizers and social distancing are going to need to be added to the list to ...

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Your kids are itching to go out for a night of trick or treating, wearing costumes, and some Halloween fun. But, to have fun we also need to make sure that everyone stays healthy and safe. COVID-19 cases are on the rise and it’s making us question whether or not we should postpone plans. Things like facial masks, hand sanitizers and social distancing are going to need to be added to the list to ...

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October means sweater weather and the arrival of our beautiful Fall Foliage, but it’s also the start of flu season. while this may seem early, don’t wait to take steps to protect yourself this flu season. Fear not, as the flu, if dealt with early on, is preventable! Sometimes, however it can be hard to know if what you have is the flu or just a cold. Fear not because the Doctors here ...

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Lately, we have been seeing people walking into our New Britain urgent care center with strep throat like symptoms. It can often be tough to differentiate between strep, or “Streptococcal pharyngitis”-a bacterial infection of the throat and the tonsils, and a sore throat, which can often times be viral, and not treatable with antibiotics. This is why it is important to have a rapid strep test as a first step towards treatment. Testing for ...

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Your child tells you that it feels like “something is moving in my hair and I can’t stop scratching my head”. Remain calm…. but it’s likely these are symptoms of head lice. If you’ve avoided thinking about what to do if you find lice in your child’s hair, we’re here to calmly walk you through it. So grab a magnifying glass (seriously), and put on your detective hat because you ...

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Health Care Leader to Serve Those Who Have Served Our Country NEW BRITAIN, CT (November 10, 2016) – American Family Care (AFC), the nation’s leading provider of urgent care, accessible primary care, and occupational medicine, announced today it will offer military veterans free flu shots on Veterans Day, Friday, November 11 at their newest Connecticut urgent care center, at 135 East Main Street, New Britain. The announcement is an extension of AFC’s effort to ...

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Ahh…Halloween. You have fond memories of this age-old custom. Weeks of costume planning, buying the perfect candy, decorating your house. However, with all the fun and frolic, this is no time to let your parent guard down. You want your kids to have fun but also be safe. What’s a modern parent to do? How do you keep your tween or teen safe on Halloween? Thankfully, there exist Halloween safety tips for teens ...

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Hello fellow New Britainers! It is “peak week” for what many of us consider the most beautiful time to live in Connecticut! We at AFC Urgent Care new Britain want to see the best of what you see and share it with everyone. So, we are launching a Best of Fall Foliage Photo Contest! Post your pics right on our Facebook page in the comments under the contest post, so if you haven’t ‘Liked ...

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