UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing an uptick of hand, foot and mouth, viral upper respiratory infections, and strep throat. Pediatricians at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital are ...

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Pediatricians have suspected it for years, and now a new study may be proving them right: Cold air really can help ease children's croup symptoms. Croup is a common childhood illness that usually ...

Throughout the entire duration of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the causative SARS-CoV-2 has evolved. The effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children have also changed with ...

The NHS has urged people to call 999 if their child displays a particular symptom when they breathe. Observing their "tummy sucking under their ribcage" as they breathe could indicate croup, which ...

Supplementation with fish oil and high-dose vitamin D during pregnancy reduced the risk for croup in early childhood, researchers reported at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Babies and children under three years old are less likely to develop croup if their mothers took fish oil and vitamin D supplements during pregnancy, according to new results from a clinical trial.