Search Results

You can now select Reserve A Time on our website, so you and your family can wait at home – or wherever you are most comfortable – until your estimated visit time.

On November 7, 2020 visit our Cheektowaga or Orchard Park locations from 9am-Noon for a drive-thru flut shot. No appointment necessary!

Learn more about myths and facts regarding fevers in children. Fever is one of the most common reasons why families bring their children to urgent care.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, screen time for most children has increased. Click here for some tips on how to have your child less plugged in.

To help reduce anxiety that you and/or your child may be feeling, here are four things you should know before having your child tested.

If you are experiencing chest pain, severe shortness of breath, stroke like symptoms, or other emergent symptoms, please call 911. Click here for a list.

Listen as Dr. Chow addresses the ongoing trends, projected upcoming challenges and hopeful successive, concerns, miss, and advice for moving forward in our current state of the COVID-19 pandemic.

WNY Immediate Care has four convenient locations throughout Buffalo, NY. Click here to find your nearest Buffalo urgent care location.

WNY Immediate Care has four convenient locations near you in the Buffalo region. Offering extended hours, we're open 7 days a week including Saturdays and Sundays. No appointment necessary.

Click here to view safety precautions we are taking including how we disinfect the site, what screening patients means, who should wear face masks and more related to COVID-19.

Visit this page to learn more about coronavirus, our screening process, and how we are taking extra precautions to ensure your health and safety.

We offer COVID-19 testing and antibody testing. To help answer questions related to these tests visit our site. Click to find out answers about these tests.

When you’re in a situation where your child needs urgent care, it can be hard to remember what’s important to bring with you to your urgent care visit. Here is a list of items to help your visit to Western New York Immediate Care go as smoothly as possible.

Coronavirus is not a new virus; however, the current strain is new, called the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. Find out more about the symptoms and treatment.

There are different types of tests available for COVID-19. The following identifies the testing options available.

With much attention recently focused on COVID-19, it is important to remember there are other pediatric illnesses that remain prevalent in children. With asthma at the top of this list, here is what parents should know about asthma in children.

Here are some indicators your child's cut is infected. Western New York Immediate Care can help by placing stitches or staples.

You can catch pink eye as an adult. It is spread the same ways as other viral and bacterial infections, such as the common cold.

Flu symptoms include sudden onset of fever, chills, muscle aches, headache, nasal congestion, sore throat and cough. In addition to flu, other viruses, such as COVID, RSV, and bacterial infections, such as strep throat or pneumonia, may have similar symptoms.

Learn what could be causing your cough, how you can treat it and when you might need to seek medical attention.

Learn more about myths surrounding antibiotics, coughs & cold air! Does cold air give you colds? Can an antibiotic cure the common cold? Click here to learn more.

Learn about Lyme disease, what you should do if you find a tick on your body, and when you might need urgent care.

Learn about Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFM) and what you can expect if your child is diagnosed with this highly contagious virus.

Learn some basic guidelines to help you know when you should visit the emergency room, an urgent care center, or your primary care provider.

Food poisoning is caused by bacteria and viruses that get into the food we eat or the liquids we drink. Learn more here!

If you are wondering whether it’s safe to return to your gym workouts, the answer has a lot to do with individual circumstances and risks. Each person should consider their own risk factors as well as the risk factors of close contacts. Risk factors can include age, vaccination status, lung disease and/or underlying health issues.

Follow-up conversation with Dr. Joseph Chow, Medical Director of WNY Immediate Care. We talked to Dr. Chow about COVID-19 myths, symptoms and best practices back in January, and we all know that so much has changed since then with the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccines, lifted restrictions and new variants.

WNY Immediate Care provides you with an opportunity to put your skills to use, to become a leader in a growing organization and to be appropriately compensated—all this and you can have a life, too.

Posture can have positive effects on your immune system, and tension caused by poor posture can lead to pain and chronic conditions.

There are many questions about when vaccines will be available for children. Here is what we know as of July 2021.

The CDC has announced increased activity of respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV. Here is what parents and caregivers should know.

Working from home or working on school work? Check out these tips for great posture while sitting at a desk.

WNY Immediate Care is pleased to offer the COVID-19 vaccine, free of charge. Appointment required. Visit our Locations page for details.

Here are the key differences between a cut and a scratch. Our providers at Western New York Immediate Care can assist by placing staples or stitches.

Between playgrounds, sports fields and the ins and outs of everyday activities, bumps, cuts and scrapes can happen.

You have questions, we have answers. The following articles are written by physicians providing urgent care to address seasonal and frequent illnesses.

To be honest, we don’t really know why people have environmental/seasonal allergies but there’s a very interesting theory proposed by allergy researchers.

As we move into the warmer summer months, we face the increased threat of ticks and the diseases they carry. Ticks live in grassy or wooded areas and are found on wild animals and pets.

Heat and humidity are at their peak, leaving children vulnerable to heat-related illness.  Extreme heat can cause children to become sick from dehydration, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

WNY Immediate Care provides you with an opportunity to put your skills to use, to become a leader in a growing organization and to be appropriately compensated—all this and you can have a life, too.

WNY Immediate Care is committed to protecting consumer credit card data in compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Our alignment with this standard is reflected in the people, technologies and processes we employ.

WNY Immediate Care provides occupational health services for employers in the Buffalo region. Click here for more information.

Urgent care is a quicker and less expensive alternative to the ER. An urgent care center is used for patients with sudden medical conditions that require treatment usually within 24 hours.

You may have believed these myths to be true for your entire life! Can eating too much turkey make you sleepy? Click here to learn more!

WNY Immediate Care treats fractures and sprains, sore throats, congestion, allergies, abdominal pain, and more. Walk-ins welcome, no appointment needed.

WNY Immediate Care accepts all major insurance plans, including BlueCross / BlueShield of WNY and Independent Health. Click here to view insurance.

WNY Immediate Care is open late and on weekends. Meet our team, view our hours and locations near you, see services provided.

WNY Immediate care has five convenient locations throughout Buffalo, NY. Contact our team for insurance information, directions, and more.

Will the flu shot give me the flu? Click here to learn more about common myths surrounding flu shots, antibiotics and strep throat.

Learn more about myths surrounding antibiotics, coughs & cold air! Does cold air give you colds? Can an antibiotic cure the common cold? Click here to learn more.

With flu season quickly approaching, flu myths can circulate as quickly as the virus itself. Walk into any of Western New York Immediate Care's 4 locations for your flu shot today.

Believe it or not, it’s time to start thinking about flu season. Many health-care providers begin offering the flu shot as early as August. It may seem like flu season just ended, and that’s because last year’s flu season peaked late - in March vs. the typical December/January peak. In 2018, we even saw flu cases as late as early May.

The first day of preschool can be an exciting and emotional time for both parents and children. There are things you can do to make the transition go smoothly. We asked preschool teachers for their best advice to help parents prepare their children – and themselves – for the first day of preschool.

With measles outbreaks happening in our region, parents are wondering what they can do to better protect their children from contracting this infectious disease. Here's what you need to know

People with asthma most often have recurrent attacks of symptoms in response to acute allergies or infections, although they can also be triggered by weather changes, environmental temperatures and stress.

It can be very difficult to distinguish allergies from a viral cold, as both can cause coughing, sneezing, runny or stuffy nose, sore throat, headaches and even red teary eyes.

The good news for this year's flu season is it’s much milder than last year. That’s because the predominant Flu A strain is H1N1, as opposed to last year's H3N2, which is notorious for being more severe.

In older children and adults, it causes mostly upper respiratory symptoms (colds), but it can cause a serious infection in the lungs (bronchiolitis or pneumonia) among infants and adults with serious underlying medical problems.

What better New Year’s resolution than to help prepare your child to be healthy in the New Year! Here are some important factors:

Flu symptoms can vary widely. Some people describe their symptoms as a cold, while others feel like they have been hit by a truck.

Our Orchard Park urgent care center is located in the plaza next to Mighty Taco. Visit Today. No Appointment Necessary!

Our Depew urgent care center is located In the Tops Plaza next to Hillview Elementary School. Visit today, no appointment necessary!

Our downtown Buffalo urgent care center is located In the Kohl’s Plaza next to Spectrum. Visit us today. No Appointment Necessary!

Our Amherst urgent care location is in the Sheridan-Harlem Plaza next to CVS Pharmacy and Global Wine & Spirits. Visit today, no appointment necessary!

WNY Immediate Care provides treatment for sprains & strains - ankles, wrists, you name it. We have on-site x-rays to diagnose & treat quickly!

Very small children, the elderly and anyone with weakened immune systems have higher risks of getting very sick with these viruses and should be kept away from others with those symptoms.

As we move into the fall season, we will inevitably see an increase in respiratory illnesses in children. The fall allergy season has kicked off earlier than normal, causing wheezing and coughing in children with a history of asthma and reactive airway disease.

Measles is a highly contagious viral disease that can lead to severe complications, especially in young children. With outbreaks still occurring in different parts of the world, it’s important for parents to take proactive steps to protect their children. Here’s what you need to know about measles and how to keep your little one safe.