Connecticut Children's Blog

Nasal allergies are one of the most common conditions in kids today. Inflammation of the nasal passage occurs when a child inhales something they are allergic to, like animal dander or pollen.  Nasal allergies also called “allergic rhinitis” or “hay fever,” but neither hay nor fever have anything to do with this condition. As we […]

Last updated: October 23, 2020. Before you visit, please read our updated visitor restrictions.  There’s a lot of information out there about the current outbreak of coronavirus, also referred to as COVID-19. To help our patients, families and communities get answers to their questions, Connecticut Children’s Physician-in-Chief Juan C. Salazar, MD, MPH, joins the blog. […]

As schools and communities take extra precautions to prevent the spread of coronavirus, it’s bound to affect your family’s routines, spring break plans or at the very least, dinner conversation. Even very young children may have questions about what’s going on. How do you approach that conversation? Developmental pediatrician Robert D. Keder, MD, joins the […]

Last updated: October 23, 2020. Before you visit, please read our updated visitor restrictions.  With coronavirus on everyone’s minds, we know parents are looking for advice to keep kids healthy. John R. Schreiber, MD, MPH, Connecticut Children’s Medical Director of Infection Control, joins the blog to answer your questions. Is there any information on coronavirus that’s […]

This post was last updated on December 30, 2021. Your family has probably been focused on COVID-19 lately. But did you know it’s also peak season for another virus in kids? It’s called respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. On one hand, RSV is nothing new. If your child is over the age of 2, they’ve probably […]

Earlier this month, Connecticut saw its first cases of monkeypox in adults, making the virus a reality in the community. (Visit this CDC webpage for a breakdown of cases by state.) As if COVID-19 and parechovirus weren’t enough, parents are concerned. What should you know, and how worried do you need to be at this […]

On Tuesday, July 19, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a warning to medical professionals about parechovirus, a common virus that goes around in summer and fall and infects most children by the time they start kindergarten. Understandably, parents are concerned—especially because there have been cases reported in Connecticut. Dr. Ian Michelow, Division Head […]

By Joanna Young, Pharm.D., Clinical Pharmacy Specialist   Respiratory viral infections continue to spread across Connecticut and the rest of the country. With RSV slowing down, and flu and COVID-19 surging in its place, many parents are having trouble finding children’s acetaminophen and ibuprofen on the shelf—and other medications that reduce fever. Need care that […]

By Ian C. Michelow, MD, Division Head, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology It’s been quite the winter so far with respiratory illnesses. COVID-19 has changed illness patterns and we’re all trying to figure out what a “new normal” looks like. As a result, many of our kids are sick with back-to-back viruses and influenza (“Flu […]