Covid-19's omicron variant appears to be affecting children under age 5 in a new way: a harsh, barking cough known as croup. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

The providers at UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics in York and Spring Grove are seeing strep throat and viral syndrome this week. This week, pediatricians at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital ...

A research work recently posted to the medRxiv* preprint server observed that the incidence of pediatric croup was higher during the latest surge of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections, ...

This week, pediatricians at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital continue to see a lot of COVID cases and upper respiratory viruses. They are also seeing a lot of colds and some pneumonia. UPMC ...

The omicron surge has led to a previously unrecognized complication of COVID-19 in young children: croup. In the first peer-reviewed report to date, physicians at Boston Children’s Hospital describe ...

Croup, inflammation of the subglottic upper airway mucosa manifest as respiratory distress airflow obstruction in children. In addition, it is associated with epithelial-level edema, and most ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Exposure to outdoor cold air improved symptoms in children with mild to moderate croup. The exposure took place ...

Growing numbers of children who test positive for the COVID-causing virus SARS-CoV-2 athospitals this winter are showing up with a barking cough, the characteristic symptom of croup. Though this ...

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 ...

Croup is an inflammation of the larynx (throat), trachea (windpipe), and bronchi (tubes that connect the trachea to the lungs). It occurs primarily in young children. Croup arises from a respiratory ...

Croup and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are related conditions. RSV is one of the common causes of croup in children. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes lung and respiratory tract infections ...