In babies, RSV is a common cause of a type of chest infection called bronchiolitis. Last week, the UK Health Security Agency ...

To protect yourself from RSV, practice good hygiene, consider getting a vaccination and be aware of potential risks, says the ...

Each year in the UK, 30,000 children under the age of five are hospitalised with RSV and it causes around 30 infant deaths.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Health and Human Services adopted Aug. 4 the Advisory ...

Although RSV usually causes mild illness with cold-like symptoms, the infection can cause severe respiratory illness in infants, young children, older adults, and people with weakened immune ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates between 58,000 and 80,000 children less than 5 years old are hospitalized because of RSV infection.

RSV primarily affects children and older adults, and can lead to severe illness or death. Severe illness from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can be prevented by administration of prophylactic ...

The new RSV antibody shots are immunization therapies that lower babies’ and young children’s risk of hospitalization by 80% by providing disease-fighting antibodies so they can more easily ...

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Most people are infected by RSV by the age of 2. Frequent reinfection for RSV, even within the same season, is possible. Following the initial infection, any reinfection should be less severe. 4 ...

The study enrolled 3,414 children under the age of 5 with acute respiratory infection in Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom (UK), of which 33% tested positive for RSV.