Every year, viral respiratory infections place a significant burden on the health care system. The CDC predicts that influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and COVID-19 collectively will account for ...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can cause serious illness in older adults. The bivalent RSV prefusion F protein–based vaccine (RSVpreF) has been shown to prevent RSV-associated respiratory illness, ...

Citing a “new evidenced based philosophy,” the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) is preparing to take a hard line against the common practice of administering certain ...

It is not only premature babies and children with underlying diseases who suffer from serious respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections. Even healthy, full-term babies are at significant risk of ...

In late summer, tens of millions of children throughout the United States return to school, sharing tales of their summer adventures and, inevitably, new germs. Many will develop a cough, sore throat, ...

A child tested positive for West Nile virus in Atlantic County, New Jersey, health officials announced on Thursday. The child’s symptoms were reported in the third week of July, according to the New ...

Crisp weather is popping up across the United States, signalling the start of fall, a new school year and, of course, respiratory virus season. But five years after the emergence of the COVID-19 ...

Adults with heart disease should get vaccinated against a range of respiratory viruses, according to new clinical guidance from the American College of Cardiology. For a person with cardiovascular ...

In mid-September, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will discuss — and potentially vote on — vaccines for COVID-19, hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, and ...

A school-age child has died from a rare complication of measles contracted in infancy, Los Angeles County health officials said Thursday. The child, who had been too young to be vaccinated when they ...

Lancaster County has had four human cases of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus so far in 2025, with those individuals likely infected in July and August, according to the state Department of ...