Tag: Respiratory syncytial virus

  • The disease is spreading very fast, overwhelming children’s hospitals.

    The disease is spreading very fast, overwhelming children’s hospitals.

    Hospitals across the US are struggling to care for the influx of children due to the coronavirus pandemic, with some reporting an increase in the number of people coming in with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The number of coronavirus cases in US has exceeded 20 lakh, according to Johns Hopkins University tracker. The virus has…

  • The symptoms, treatment and what parents should know about rsv in children.

    The symptoms, treatment and what parents should know about rsv in children.

    Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been “overwhelming” children’s hospitals in the US after the 2019 H1N1 outbreak, a doctor said. “I’ve been at Connecticut Children’s for 25 years, and I’ve never seen this level of surge specifically for RSV coming into our hospital,” Dr Juan Salazar, the hospital’s executive vice president and physician in chief,…