As coronavirus recedes, colds and common viruses are back — especially among children - The Washington Post

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Parents can be surprised — and terrified. Charlie Hardin, host of an Amarillo, Tex., radio show, and his wife, Makayla, thought their 11-month-old was having spring allergies when he started coughing with a runny nose in late May. So did their pediatrician, who prescribed allergy medicine and suggested they give their baby boy, Moxxon, infant Tylenol.

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