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

Pediatricians across the US are sounding alarm about unusually high numbers of young children being admitted to emergency departments this season due to respiratory syncytial virus infection or RSV, a common virus that causes cold-like symptoms

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.

RSV in babies 03:17Since RSV is not a condition that is required to be reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agency does not have data on cases, hospitalizations or deaths due to RSV, according to an emailed statement from CDC spokesman Scott Pauley on Friday."The season for RSV in the U.S. runs fall, winter, and spring.

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