Dr. Kerry-Anne Perkins, a new mom and board-certified OB-GYN shares what parents need to know about RSV and more.

However, in very young patients the virus can cause lower airway inflammation and ... She said while many of the 90% of children under 2 that contract RSV won’t ultimately need to be ...

Scientists have tried to seal this immunological break before. In the 1960s, researchers inactivated RSV and tested it as a ...

Scientists sought to understand the frequency of severe respiratory tract infections in SMA children, notably those needing ...

(WALA) - At USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital, doctors are seeing a rise in pediatric RSV cases. Dr. Benjamin Estrada, Director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases ...

Pediatric RSV off-season outbreaks and positivity rates increased in China during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to study findings.

Pregnant women who get the RSV shot late in the pregnancy can pass along the antibodies to their infant. This is an option ...

Viral respiratory infections have been estimated to account for more than 80% of acute exacerbations of asthma in children and ... viruses include respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), rhinovirus ...

The following is a summary of "Nirsevimab and Acute Bronchiolitis Episodes in Pediatric Emergency Departments," published in the September 2024 issue of Pediatrics by Martínez et al. In the 2023–2024 ...

“Nearly 100 percent of babies will get RSV by the time they turn 2 years old. While most children will have only mild symptoms, some infants, even healthy ones, can experience a severe cas ...

Babies & Young Children RSV is so common, most kids have been infected with it by the age of 2. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be dangerous, especially for infants. In fact, according to the ...

The CDC lowered the age for the pneumonia vaccination from 65 to 50 and recommended an extra COVID shot to some people.