RSV: US hospitals raise alarm about higher-than-normal cases in young children
4 years, 11 months ago

RSV: US hospitals raise alarm about higher-than-normal cases in young children

CNN  

CNN — Pediatricians across the United States are sounding the alarm about unusually high numbers of young children being admitted to emergency departments due to respiratory syncytial virus infection or RSV, a common virus that causes cold-like symptoms. “We have had an almost 20% increase in our emergency department visits in just the last few weeks,” said Dr. Purva Grover, the medical director of Cleveland Clinic Children’s pediatric emergency departments. Norton Children’s Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, has “It’s been a rough season for RSV as our year-over-year numbers have doubled,” Erik Martin, chief nursing officer for the hospital, said in an email on Friday. That’s rather uncommon as during a typical summer we can go weeks without a confirmed case.” In New York, clinics and emergency departments also have seen more children for RSV this season compared to prior seasons and the season came earlier, Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, a primary care pediatrician and assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia University in New York, said in an email on Friday. “For most adults and children, RSV simply presents like a cold, but for infants – especially those born prematurely – and young children with other health issues, the virus can be deadly,” Martin said.

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Dutch child intensive care units busy with RS virus victims
6 days, 7 hours ago

Dutch child intensive care units busy with RS virus victims

Dutch News  

Operations at some pediatric intensive care units are being postponed because of an influx of babies with the respiratory syncytial virus, broadcaster NOS reported on Thursday All seven pediatric ICs, comprising 90 beds in total, are currently nearing capacity, with RS patients taking up around half of them, NOS said. “The situation is challenging but care is guaranteed,” pediatric care …

Hospitals delaying pediatric surgeries as patients with RS infections fill child ICUs
6 days, 15 hours ago

Hospitals delaying pediatric surgeries as patients with RS infections fill child ICUs

NL Times  

Hospitals in the Netherlands are being forced to delay scheduled surgeries and other planned care for children as the seven pediatric intensive care units have a shortage of available beds. The current wave of RS infections has yet to hit a peak this winter, meaning the proportion of children with complications related to RS is expected to increase in the …

RSV: What are the symptoms of Respiratory Syncytial Virus as cases rise?
3 weeks, 5 days ago

RSV: What are the symptoms of Respiratory Syncytial Virus as cases rise?

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Parents are being warned to look out for symptoms of Respiratory …

Viral Fever Cases on the Rise in Hyderabad
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Viral Fever Cases on the Rise in Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The city is once again seeing a major spike in viral fevers, including children and adults, who are complaining of high fever, cough, and sore throat. A resident doctor at Malakpet area hospital confirmed that there has been a steady increase in viral fever cases in the last one week. Many of these cases involve children, although they don’t …

RSV Can Be a Killer. New Tools Are Identifying the Most At-Risk Kids
3 months, 3 weeks ago

RSV Can Be a Killer. New Tools Are Identifying the Most At-Risk Kids

Wired  

After 25 years as a pediatric infectious diseases specialist, Asunción Mejías is too familiar with the deadly unpredictability of respiratory syncytial virus, an infection that hospitalizes up to 80,000 children under the age of 5 every year in the US. Most children experience symptoms similar to a cold, like coughing and sneezing, but some can develop severe lung disease: RSV …

Queensland babies to get free RSV jabs as cases of the virus surge
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Queensland babies to get free RSV jabs as cases of the virus surge

ABC  

The Queensland government will fund an immunisation program to combat Respiratory Syncytial Virus, which lands more babies and young children in hospital than any other condition. The government said the following groups will be eligible when the program begins in mid-April of this year: All newborn infants will be offered a dose before they're discharged from hospital Newborns who are …

What is RSV virus and why it is increasing among kids during winters?
11 months ago

What is RSV virus and why it is increasing among kids during winters?

India Today  

Did you know that some people, especially the elderly and those in high-risk groups, can be infected with a virus called RSV during the winter months? GROUPS AT ELEVATED RISK FOR SEVERE RSV INFECTIONS Babies: Babies under six months are at higher risk because their immune systems are developing. RSV SYMPTOMS IN BABIES Early recognition of RSV symptoms in babies …

Flu, Covid or RSV? Warning issued as respiratory illness cases soar across US
1 year ago

Flu, Covid or RSV? Warning issued as respiratory illness cases soar across US

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An infectious diseases expert has warned that the US could see …

The threat of respiratory illnesses is underway, CDC director says, and hospitalizations are on the rise
1 year, 1 month ago

The threat of respiratory illnesses is underway, CDC director says, and hospitalizations are on the rise

CNN  

CNN — Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, updated a congressional subcommittee Thursday about cases of respiratory illness in the US due to three viruses: flu, the coronavirus and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. “Flu season is just beginning across most of the country, though accelerating fast, and while we’re seeing relatively low …

Waves of children with breathing problems in Dutch intensive care units
1 year, 1 month ago

Waves of children with breathing problems in Dutch intensive care units

NL Times  

Pediatric departments and intensive care units for children in Dutch hospitals are currently witnessing an unexpectedly high number of young children with serious respiratory problems due to the respiratory syncytial virus, NOS reported on Friday. According to the Dutch public health institute RIVM, RSV is the most common cold virus among young children, with almost all children contracting it in …

RSV is straining some hospitals, and US officials are releasing more shots for newborns
1 year, 1 month ago

RSV is straining some hospitals, and US officials are releasing more shots for newborns

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — RSV infections are rising sharply in some parts of the country, nearly filling hospital emergency departments in Georgia, Texas and some other states. Reports of the seasonal virus are rising nationally, but experts said RSV is not expected to generate the kind of widespread patient traffic seen last fall, when hospitals were overwhelmed with sick, wheezing kids. …

RSV shot for infants: Thousands more doses of RSV shot Beyfortus expedited for release amid shortage
1 year, 1 month ago

RSV shot for infants: Thousands more doses of RSV shot Beyfortus expedited for release amid shortage

CNN  

CNN — Amid an ongoing shortage of nirsevimab, an RSV immunization for young children, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that more than 77,000 additional doses will be distributed “immediately.” These doses will be going to doctor’s offices and hospitals through the CDC’s Vaccines for Children Program and commercial channels, according to Thursday’s announcement. “Helping to …

Thousands of babies face hospitalisation with life-threatening virus this winter as government delays vaccine
1 year, 4 months ago

Thousands of babies face hospitalisation with life-threatening virus this winter as government delays vaccine

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We’re really disappointed that the programme hasn’t been rolled out in a way that is …

Babies should get recently approved drug for RSV, CDC says
1 year, 5 months ago

Babies should get recently approved drug for RSV, CDC says

Associated Press  

Infants should get a recently approved drug to protect them against a respiratory virus that sends tens of thousands of American children to the hospital each year, U.S. health officials said Thursday. “We had a terribly bad RSV season last year and I’m thrilled that we have a new tool to protect our infants,” Dr. Mandy Cohen told The Associated …

Respiratory syncytial virus cases close to 10 times higher in some states, as testing rates increase
1 year, 6 months ago

Respiratory syncytial virus cases close to 10 times higher in some states, as testing rates increase

ABC  

Cases of respiratory syncytial virus have skyrocketed across the country, with some states reporting close to 10 times the number of cases compared to the same time last year. Key points: Respiratory syncytial virus cases have jumped in every state and territory except Queensland Experts say it could be due to post COVID complacency as well as higher testing rates …

Doctors alarmed as surge in RSV cases fills German hospitals
2 years, 1 month ago

Doctors alarmed as surge in RSV cases fills German hospitals

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Intensive care doctors in Germany warned Thursday that hospital pediatric units in the country are stretched to breaking point in part due to rising cases of respiratory infections among infants. The intensive care association DIVI said the seasonal surge in respiratory syncytial virus cases and a shortage of nurses was causing a “catastrophic situation” in hospitals. “If the …

RSV straining children’s hospitals across California
2 years, 1 month ago

RSV straining children’s hospitals across California

LA Times  

RSV and other respiratory viral illnesses are continuing to stress children’s hospitals across California. Nationally, hospitalization rates related to RSV — or respiratory syncytial virus — are exceptionally high, according to Dr. Theodore Ruel, chief of UC San Francisco’s pediatric infectious diseases and global health division. Santa Clara County, Northern California’s most populous, is reporting “an acute surge of patients …

California child dies of flu and RSV as cases soar, hospitals threatened
2 years, 1 month ago

California child dies of flu and RSV as cases soar, hospitals threatened

LA Times  

A child receives a flu shot at a free clinic in Los Angeles in October 2020. Underscoring the worrisome conditions, California Department of Public Health officials on Monday reported the season’s first death of a child under 5 due to flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. In a recent communication, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health wrote …

RSV responsible for 1 in 50 child deaths under age 5, study estimates
2 years, 1 month ago

RSV responsible for 1 in 50 child deaths under age 5, study estimates

CNN  

CNN — A new study estimates that 1 in 50 deaths of otherwise healthy children under age 5 around the world is due to a common virus that’s currently surging in the US: respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. “This is the lowest-risk baby who is being hospitalized for this, so really, numbers are really much higher than I think some …

The Most Common RSV Symptoms Doctors Are Seeing Right Now
2 years, 2 months ago

The Most Common RSV Symptoms Doctors Are Seeing Right Now

Huff Post  

Marko Geber via Getty Images RSV is surging in children, but adults are catching the virus, too. Experts shared with HuffPost the most common RSV symptoms in children, healthy adults and immunocompromised adults. Here’s what to know: RSV is most common in children “RSV is traditionally very scary for little kids less than 5, especially less than 2,” said Dr. …

A ‘tripledemic’ of flu, RSV and COVID is feared in California
2 years, 2 months ago

A ‘tripledemic’ of flu, RSV and COVID is feared in California

LA Times  

Licensed vocational nurse Angela Tapia administers a COVID-19 booster to Louis Salazar Jr. as his father, Louis Salazar Sr., waits his turn at their home in Los Angeles. “We are potentially going into what people are calling a ‘tripledemic,’ or a ‘tridemic,’” warned Orange County health officer Dr. Regina Chinsio-Kwong, who on Monday declared a health emergency amid a surge …

RSV is surging. Here's what to watch for and answers about treatment options
2 years, 2 months ago

RSV is surging. Here's what to watch for and answers about treatment options

NPR  

Here's what to watch for and answers about treatment options Enlarge this image toggle caption AP AP Temperatures are dropping and the risk of COVID-19 and influenza are up. "They have a hard time getting out that excess fluid and that's why they have trouble breathing which then that leads to problems eating and drinking," Madhavan said. Madhavan said the …

Orange County declares health emergency as RSV surges; cases also rising in L.A.
2 years, 2 months ago

Orange County declares health emergency as RSV surges; cases also rising in L.A.

LA Times  

An electron micrograph shows the respiratory syncytial virus, also known as RSV. Orange County, for instance, has only two hospitals dedicated to caring for children, and both “have been operating at or beyond their capacity to care for pediatric with respiratory illness,” county health officer Dr. Regina Chinsio-Kwong said Tuesday. And there’s only so many beds that a pediatric hospital …

RSV is on the rise. How to recognize it and treat the symptoms
2 years, 2 months ago

RSV is on the rise. How to recognize it and treat the symptoms

LA Times  

As people confront the cold and flu season, what’s top of mind for many Californians this year is the unseasonably early activity of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, which causes a respiratory illness that can be dangerous for babies and older adults. The record number of daily emergency room visits and pediatric hospitalizations caused by the virus prompted the Orange …

What Parents Need To Know About The Surge In RSV Infections
2 years, 2 months ago

What Parents Need To Know About The Surge In RSV Infections

Huff Post  

You may have heard about pediatric hospital wards being overwhelmed by cases of RSV. “Almost all children have had RSV by age 2 years and will be reinfected throughout their life,” Dr. Ruth Kanthula, a pediatric infectious disease specialist with MedStar Health, told HuffPost. “We typically don’t see high numbers of RSV until later in the season,” said Kanthula, who …

California sees increase in RSV, a respiratory illness that can be dangerous for babies
2 years, 2 months ago

California sees increase in RSV, a respiratory illness that can be dangerous for babies

LA Times  

An increase in respiratory illnesses such as RSV has “stretched our capacity in the emergency department,” Dr. James Stein, chief medical officer of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, said in a statement. “This increase in RSV and other respiratory illnesses have stretched our capacity in the emergency department,” Dr. James Stein, chief medical officer of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, said in …

What’s behind worrying RSV surge in US children’s hospitals?
2 years, 2 months ago

What’s behind worrying RSV surge in US children’s hospitals?

Associated Press  

Children’s hospitals in parts of the U.S. are seeing a surge in a common respiratory illness that can cause severe breathing problems for babies. “I’m calling it an emergency,” said Dr. Juan Salazar of Connecticut Children’s Hospital, where RSV has caused a shuffling of patients into playrooms and other spaces not normally used for beds. “And that’s really when we …

Record numbers of toddlers are hospitalized with colds because immunity was weakened by restrictions
2 years, 3 months ago

Record numbers of toddlers are hospitalized with colds because immunity was weakened by restrictions

Daily Mail  

Scientists warned the sharp rise was likely down to lockdowns weakening immunity among children The level was comparable only to December in previous years, when it has also crossed the 50 per cent mark Record number of tests on inpatients under 18 years old picked up a common virus in August last year More children and young people are being …

Doctors plead for help as respiratory infections rise in Australia, putting young children at risk
2 years, 5 months ago

Doctors plead for help as respiratory infections rise in Australia, putting young children at risk

ABC  

Initially, David and Natalie Robertson were told their 10-week-old twins had a mild infection. Key points: After a COVID-induced lull, respiratory infections are on the rise again RSV infections have shot up, as have cases of several types of influenza Young children are particularly at risk, with thousands admitted to hospital in recent weeks Their three-year-old son, Leon, had caught …

What Experts Want Parents To Know About COVID Hospitalizations In Kids
3 years ago

What Experts Want Parents To Know About COVID Hospitalizations In Kids

Huff Post  

aquaArts studio via Getty Images A record number of children have been hospitalized with COVID-19 amid the ongoing omicron surge. That means they’re receiving treatments that are only available in the hospital, explained Dr. Danielle Zerr, an infectious disease specialist with Seattle Children’s in Washington, or that they’re in need of close monitoring. Those are the types of treatments that …

The little-known virus that surged in children this year
3 years, 3 months ago

The little-known virus that surged in children this year

BBC  

The little-known virus that surged in children this year Jill Lehmann/Getty Images Hospitals have seen a surge in RSV cases over the summer, thought to be due to lockdowns during the pandemic lowering levels of immunity Doctors used to know RSV as a seasonal virus that emerged in the winter, but in the last few months in the Northern Hemisphere …

Spike in viral fever cases among kids triggers fear in Bihar
3 years, 3 months ago

Spike in viral fever cases among kids triggers fear in Bihar

Hindustan Times  

Paediatric wards in major government hospitals of Bihar were full on Wednesday with children admitted with viral infections, said officials monitoring the situation, adding that the health department has directed all medical colleges and hospitals to prepare a line list of viral infection cases at their facilities on a daily basis. “We have around 50-60 cases of respiratory diseases due …

UP: At least 171 children in Prayagraj hospitalised due to chronic diseases, viral fever, says CMO
3 years, 4 months ago

UP: At least 171 children in Prayagraj hospitalised due to chronic diseases, viral fever, says CMO

Firstpost  

The chronic diseases in question are encephalitis and pneumonia with viral fever. Oxygen support is crucial in such cases but the hospital is reportedly falling short of beds Prayagraj: Over 170 children have been admitted to Motilal Nehru Hospital of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh due to chronic diseases and viral fever like encephalitis and pneumonia where they need oxygen support …

Respiratory infections other than Covid-19 are helping fill up pediatric wards
3 years, 4 months ago

Respiratory infections other than Covid-19 are helping fill up pediatric wards

CNN  

CNN — Texas Children’s Hospital is seeing a surge of coronavirus cases – nearly all of them caused by the Delta variant. “The past few days, the past week, we’ve been seeing high numbers of children coming in,” said Dr. Sarah Combs, a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. “This Delta surge has been coupled …

As Children's COVID Cases Surge, There's Another Virus On The Rise
3 years, 4 months ago

As Children's COVID Cases Surge, There's Another Virus On The Rise

NPR  

As Children's COVID Cases Surge, There's Another Virus On The Rise Enlarge this image toggle caption BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images/Universal Images Group via Getty BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Early versions of COVID-19 largely spared children but the delta variant proved to be much less discriminating, and has led to more child hospitalizations. Pediatric hospitals in Texas …

Covid-19: Respiratory viruses in young children likely to resurge
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19: Respiratory viruses in young children likely to resurge

India TV News  

As Covid-19 physical distancing measures are being relaxed in many countries, there can be a resurgence of a childhood respiratory virus, researchers have warned. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, about 2.7 million children worldwide were infected with RSV each year, and it was the fourth most common cause of death in young children. "The off-season resurgence in seasonal respiratory viruses now …

Dutch hospitals full of kids sick with RS virus
3 years, 5 months ago

Dutch hospitals full of kids sick with RS virus

NL Times  

The RS virus is spreading so fast among children in the Netherlands that all beds in Dutch hospitals' pediatric intensive care units were occupied on Tuesday. The RS virus usually spreads in winter, but due to the coronavirus lockdown, hardly any children were infected this past winter. There was only room for children in Den Helder and we also had …

Cold weather virus in summer baffles docs, worries parents
3 years, 6 months ago

Cold weather virus in summer baffles docs, worries parents

Associated Press  

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. “I’ve never seen anything like this before,’’ Dr. Kate Dutkiewicz, medical director at Beacon Children’s Hospital in South Bend, Indiana, said after treating two RSV-infected infants recently. “A lot of …

Cold-weather virus in summer baffles docs, worries parents
3 years, 6 months ago

Cold-weather virus in summer baffles docs, worries parents

LA Times  

LaRanda St. John’s 6-week-old son, Beau, receives treatment for respiratory syncytial virus in a hospital bed in Matoon, Ill. Doctors around the country are baffled by the summertime emergence of RSV. “I’ve never seen anything like this before,” Dr. Kate Dutkiewicz, medical director at Beacon Children’s Hospital in South Bend, Ind., said after treating two RSV-infected infants recently. “A lot …

Outbreaks of RS Virus reported in parts of the Netherlands
3 years, 6 months ago

Outbreaks of RS Virus reported in parts of the Netherlands

NL Times  

Young children in parts of the Netherlands, especially in Rotterdam and other areas in the southwest, are presenting with the RS virus. It is really weird that the virus is here now," Louis Bont, pediatrician and professor of respiratory infections at UMC Utrecht, said to NOS. While children die of the virus worldwide, the Netherlands' top-class pediatric intensive care can …

Officials raise alarms about another respiratory virus as COVID-19 fades
3 years, 6 months ago

Officials raise alarms about another respiratory virus as COVID-19 fades

LA Times  

Travelers at LAX last month. As COVID-19 fades, officials are warning about a rise of a different respiratory virus — usually a problem in the fall-and-winter cold season — that may be making a comeback as spring fades into summer. In an advisory issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and circulated by Los Angeles County public …

CDC warns about spike in RSV cases across South
3 years, 6 months ago

CDC warns about spike in RSV cases across South

CNN  

CNN — A common cold virus called respiratory syncytial virus is spreading across the South, causing an unusual wave of late spring disease, the US Centers for Disease Control and prevention said Thursday. “Due to this increased activity, CDC encourages broader testing for RSV among patients presenting with acute respiratory illness who test negative for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes …

Fears illnesses other than COVID-19 will mar 2021 as RSV cases rise in south-east Queensland
3 years, 10 months ago

Fears illnesses other than COVID-19 will mar 2021 as RSV cases rise in south-east Queensland

ABC  

The spread of a highly contagious virus with similar symptoms to COVID-19 has prompted warnings that 2021 could be a year of illness and disease as social distancing rules start to relax. Key points: Case numbers of RSV are three times higher than they were last year Most children recover easily, but some require treatment in intensive care Health authorities …

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