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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.
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.
And although you can reduce the symptoms, you can't shorten the course of each cold. Your child will muddle through just like every other child and the long-term outlook is good. The number of colds ...
Child mortality has been halved in the last 25 years. Building on this progress, new innovations in immunization are working ...
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.
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 ...
While it can be frustrating for parents and caregivers at times, experts says kids' innate urge to explore independence — ...