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Your Young Child Is Sick: Is it COVID or RSV?
A common bug called respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can affect anyone, but affects infants at a higher rate. Because of this Black women who often give birth to premature babies are at risk of their...
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RSV in Children is on The Rise: What Parents Need to Know
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections typically overlap with flu season, occurring in the late fall and winter. However, since last year, physicians have been seeing surges start earlier,...
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RSV in Adults: Are You At Risk?
What is RSV? RSV is a common virus that causes acute respiratory tract illnesses. While we typically hear of it occurring mostly in small children and babies, adults also can get RSV. For some adults,...
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Does Your Child Have a Cold or Severe RSV? Signs to Look For
As most American parents already know, cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common illness of childhood, are surging this year. Hospitals are filling up with babies and toddlers very ill with...
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How Common Are Co-Infections With COVID, Flu, RSV?
Results from more than 26,000 respiratory tests in late 2022 found simultaneous infections with COVID-19, influenza or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in more than one percent of positive tests....
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Doctors Answer Your Questions About RSV
While a potential COVID winter surge and the impending flu season get a lot of attention, doctors are worried about another virus. This one is RSV — short for respiratory syncytial virus — and...
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RSV: Is Your Baby At Risk?
It’s natural for new parents to be feel overwhelmed by all the potential health risks that exist for a newborn baby. But potentially more devastating is the harm that can be caused by an illness that...
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Making Sure You Don’t Get RSV This Winter: An Expert Offers Tips
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common viral infection that affects people of all ages, with infants and older adults being particularly vulnerable to severe complications. Preventing the...
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It’s Time to Start Preparing Against Flu, RSV & COVID-19
Kids are back in school and it’s time to think about viruses, for both yourself and them. It could be an early flu season in the United States, if what happened in the Southern Hemisphere offers any...
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New RSV Shot For Babies: What You Need to Know
Many parents were pleased last summer when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized a vaccine for newborns and toddlers to battle respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). This came just before the...
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RSV Season Is Here! Best Ways To Protect You & Your Family
The last four months of the year are always the most eventful time of the year with the drastic dip in the weather due to fall and winter, preparing for the holidays, all the good food you can eat and...
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RSV: What It Is, Diagnosis, Symptoms & Treatment
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an infectious respiratory disease that can look and sound a lot like a cold, with coughing, sneezing and a runny nose. But RSV can turn serious and send some...
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5 RSV Complications in Older Black Adults
While most adults only get mild symptoms when contracting the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the same can’t be said of older adults. According to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control...
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Is Your Cough As Bad As It Sounds?
The common cold-like virus known as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) may cause a cough in certain people. Though it usually goes away within a few weeks, it’s something to watch for in kids, older...
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