Children aged 6 months to 12 years are the main spreaders of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections within their ...

But even in more predictable years, RSV transmission varies across regions—sometimes kick-starting during the summer in the South and lingering until spring further north. The recommendations ...

To date, this respiratory season has led to the deaths of six Illinois children, IDPH reports, including one pediatric fatality from COVID-19, four from influenza and one from RSV. Transmission ...

However, this has led to increased transmission of other respiratory ... real concerns about a lesser-known virus – respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. 1 Although RSV can affect both adults ...

Additionally, teaching older children proper cough etiquette and handwashing helps minimize household transmission when one family member becomes ill. While many RSV cases can be managed at home ...

RSV is a common respiratory pathogen that causes disease throughout life, particularly in the early years and especially in infants under 12 months of age. Different modes of transmission are ...

The United Kingdom’s Health Security Agency (HSA) yesterday published it first annual report on infectious disease trends, ...

An Australian-first study demonstrating the effectiveness of a new immunization against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) for babies found it to be almost 90% effective in reducing hospitalization ...

Perspective from Lori Handy, MD, MSCE In primary care settings, the burden of RSV on young children and their guardians often varied between the countries of Belgium, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands ...