The year 2023 marked the debut of groundbreaking innovations to prevent severe RSV infections in infants. Now protected ...

While pregnant with her third child last year, Alison Carroll pondered options that hadn’t been available during her first ...

The winter respiratory virus season is still in full swing, with Illinois under a “high” alert level from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among the viruses circulating most are ...

When formulating treatment strategies, it's important to consider that even healthy infants can be severely affected by RSV, ...

Comorbidities are seen less often in severe RSV infection in infants younger than 3 months compared with older children.

The journey toward an RSV vaccine for children has been wrought with tragedy and setbacks. But six decades after scientists embarked on that path, they are nearing the finish line ...

At first, Ethel Branch thought her two-year-old son, Patro, had a cold or maybe the flu. Frantic, Branch rushed Patro to the ...

Being born in winter, small for gestational age, and prematurely increase the odds of severe outcomes of respiratory syncytial virus infection.

Meanwhile, children with a low birth weight had a fourfold risk. “We know that several underlying diseases increase the risk of severe RSV infection, and it is these children who have so far been ...

Each year in the U.S., an estimated 58,000 to 80,000 children younger than 5 are hospitalized due to RSV, according to the ...

Maternal immunisation against RSV is not just a scientific advancement. It is a public health imperative. By protecting ...

Much is known about the role that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) plays in infant hospitalization, but much less is known about the total burden of RSV illness as manifested by myriad outpatient ...