Your child is back from overnight camp with a bad cough.You assume it’s a cold, because they have got a fever and say they caught it a few days before they came home.

How to care for your child's cold In the fall and winter, though, it may seem as if they also bring home a new virus every week. Posted 2024-01-05T14:59:26+00:00 - Updated 2025-02-11T14:00:00+00:00 ...

Your child is sick. It starts with a cough and runny nose and quickly develops into something resembling a common cold, but it’s more than that.

Respiratory syncytial virus is common but it can be dangerous for some infants and young kids. Here's everything parents need ...

Before giving your child a cold medicine, especially if you have a young child, talk to your pediatrician or pharmacist and make sure the medicine is safe. When to Call the Doctor.

Smoking in the home also increases your child's susceptibility to colds. Is It a Cold or Allergies? If your child is over two, sneezes a lot, rubs their nose all the time, and has a clear runny nose ...

What's happening. Cases of RSV, flu and COVID-19 circulating in children have caused high demand for children's cold and flu medication, resulting in shortages or buying limits at some pharmacies.

Cold sores only happen on one side of the mouth and appear in a cluster. So if your child has a different rash around their mouth, it's probably not a cold sore. Just before a cold sore shows up, your ...

Covid-19 can look a lot like a simple cold or flu, especially in vaccinated people. Epidemiologist Dr. Abdul El-Sayed explains what to look for to differentiate between the viruses and how to ...

Scientists have discovered how to cut the length of a child’s cold by two days. Giving saline nasal drops was found to significantly shorten the length of time that symptoms were suffered.