China says a surge in respiratory illnesses is caused by flu and other known pathogens
Chinaโs health ministry says a surge in respiratory illnesses across the country that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus.
RSV is straining some hospitals, and US officials are releasing more shots for newborns
RSV infections are rising sharply in some parts of the country, nearly filling hospital emergency departments in Georgia, Texas and some other states.
Updated COVID shots are coming. They're part of a trio of vaccines to block fall viruses
Updated COVID-19 shots are coming soon, part of a trio of fall vaccines that doctors hope will help avoid another โtripledemic."
New drug to protect babies and toddlers from RSV gets FDA approval ahead of cold season
U.S. officials have approved a new long-acting drug to protect babies and toddlers against a respiratory virus that causes thousands of hospitalizations each year.
FDA panel narrowly backs Pfizer RSV vaccine for older adults
Federal health advisers have narrowly backed an experimental vaccine from Pfizer that could become the first shot to protect older adults against the respiratory illness known as RSV.
Carilion Clinic, LewisGale report โhigh numberโ of RSV cases in young children
Across the country, medical professionals are reporting an increase in COVID-19 and flu cases. After two slower seasons, RSV, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, has increased as well.
Carilion Clinic, LewisGale report โhigh numberโ of RSV cases in young children
Across the country, medical professionals are reporting an increase in COVID-19 and flu cases. After two slower seasons, RSV, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, has increased as well.
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Cold weather virus in summer baffles docs, worries parents
The recent emergence of a virus that typically sickens children in colder months has baffled U.S. pediatricians and put many infants in the hospital with troublesome coughs and breathing trouble.
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As COVID-19 case numbers fall, respiratory illnesses in children begin to rise
Now that the country is seeing a decrease in COVID-19 cases, other viruses are beginning to spread again, like cases of the respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV.