COVID-19 in babies and young children can sometimes mimic the characteristic symptoms of the upper-respiratory infection known as croup: Barky cough and whistly breathing sound. That’s why your pediatrician might be recommending that patients with c...
The number of children being treated at Cook Children’s Medical Center for COVID-19 is at an all-time high. Today, 69 pediatric COVID-19 patients are in the hospital. Nine of those are currently waiting in the Emergency Department for an available be...
By Bianka Soria-Olmos, D.O.Mixed emotions including frustration, worry and anxiousness (to name a few) fill my being yet again on the eve of the day my kids return back to school. It is no longer a new experience for me or the many other parents who ...
COVID-19 cases among children are on the rise nationally, as well as at Cook Children’s Medical Center. Mary Suzanne Whitworth, M.D., medical director of Infectious Diseases, addressed more than a dozen reporters in a news conference via Zoom this af...
North Texas now has its first case of the omicron variant of COVID-19, according to the Dallas Morning News. Ayass Bioscience, a testing lab in Frisco, confirmed two cases of the new variant Wednesday night involving a 35 and 40-year-old. Neither has...