Star and Fox Pediatrics

11/22/2025

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently added misleading claims to its autism webpage. We want to be clear: decades of high-quality, large-scale studies show that vaccines do not cause autism. "Parents deserve peace of mind. Decades of rigorous research have shown vaccines do not cause autism," said Dr. Susan Kressly, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics. "Vaccines are one of the safest and most effective ways to protect children’s health and help them thrive."

The American Academy of Pediatrics stands with members of the autism community who have asked for support in stopping this rumor from spreading any further. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4rbx4FX

11/11/2025

BYHEART FORMULA RECALL 🍼

All lots of ByHeart infant formula have been recalled due to concerns of a botulism outbreak. If you are currently using this formula, STOP immediately.

Please monitor for the following symptoms:
- Sudden change in stool (constipation, usually not an isolated symptom)
- Weakness or floppiness
- Poor suck or inability to latch
- Weak cry, loss of head control, loss of eye movement

It is extremely important to treat this early as botulism can be a very serious infection. Please reach out with any concerns!

11/11/2025

We are closed today. Dr. Berrick is available via Spruce and phone for urgent matters.

11/05/2025

CFS Outreach at Star and Fox Pediatrics

Great News!

After consistently hearing about difficulties and barriers to accessing needed therapeutic services locally, Star and Fox Pediatrics has an exciting new opportunity for our patient families! We have been working with groups including Affiliated Pediatric Practices (APP) and Child & Family Services, Inc. (CFS) on solutions to break down those barriers to accessing outreach counseling services in our area.

We can now officially announce that we have partnered with CFS to offer counseling services at our office to any of our interested families! CFS currently has clinicians in select schools providing counseling services to children in need. This new partnership allows interested parents/guardians access to counseling services for kids up to 21 years old at our office, in a comfortable, and familiar environment, and most of the insurances we accept are also accepted by CFS. CFS is also able to book appointments with interested parents/guardians who may feel like they are struggling or are just interested in speaking with a clinician about ideas and options.

Please let us know if you would be interested in finding out more about this new suite of counseling services available to you and your family!

The Star and Fox Pediatrics Team

10/31/2025

🎃 Happy Halloween! Stay safe and warm 🎃

10/28/2025

🦃 Winner, Winner, Turkey Dinner 🦃

Star and Fox Pediatrics would like to announce our first Thanksgiving holiday dinner raffle giveaway which opens Tuesday, October 28th, with the winner to be drawn on Thursday, November 20th!

Whether you plan to celebrate with family, friends, or a combination of both, all of us at Star and Fox Pediatrics feel that we have something to be thankful for, and we want to give away a wonderful catered meal from Dennis Public Market to an interested family. See the attached flier for more info about the meal which serves 6-7 people and is available for pick up Wednesday, November 26th.

Entering is easy, you can come by the office and put your name in the jar, or you can reply to us via Spruce Message that you’re interested, and we will write your name on an entry and put it in the jar for you.

The fine print: This free raffle giveaway is only open to our patient families, one entry per family please, winner must be available to pick up the meal from Dennis Public Market or let us know before Tuesday, November 25th if they need help picking it up.

10/13/2025

We have great news! Star and Fox Pediatrics is now offering autism spectrum disorder testing.

When we opened our practice we wanted to make sure that we were utilizing the unique flexibility that an independently owned practice inherently has, and leverage it to do good.

We reached out to and met with many different community organizations to get a sense of what barriers to care we could assist our families with. We were shocked to hear that many children that were in crucial stages of development were aging out of services which they could benefit from due to long wait times for autism spectrum disorder testing.

We are very excited to announce that Dr. Berrick has completed training in the CARS-2 diagnostic evaluation and is now available to schedule appointments for testing for children ages 2 through 6 years old.

We offer this service to the community as an alternative to long wait times and traveling long distances to get answers. While this testing does not replace services from developmental behavioral pediatricians (DBP’s), it is intended to provide answers to families, and when appropriate, can provide a diagnosis that families can use to access services.

Please call with any questions or to schedule appointments.

10/13/2025

We will be open until 12 today and Dr. Berrick will be available via Spruce and phone for urgent matters.

10/02/2025

Safe and easy fast to all who celebrate!

Dr. Berrick will not be in the office on Thursday, 10/02. The office will be open for administrative needs.

09/22/2025

Shanah tova v’metukah!

Wishing you all a happy and healthy New Year!

09/14/2025

Thanks to Kennedy-Donovan Center (KDC) for their great Waves of Impact Cruise last night! We are happy to support the work they do for all of our families on the Cape.

09/11/2025