To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here. Ahhh, fall. The leaves are changing. The air is crisp. And according to the CDC, RSV is on the rise.

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

Fact checked by Jennifer Klump Although respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is often associated with children, adults can also ...

CDC officials assured the panel that they would closely follow data from their vaccine safety systems on the launch of the two new RSV vaccines. "I want to remind everyone that we have one of the ...

Between 60,000 to 160,000 older adults in the U.S. are hospitalized due to RSV every year and 6,000 to 10,000 of them die, the CDC said.

The RSV hospitalization rate among seniors in the most recent season was higher than it’s been for at least six years, according to data from the CDC. There were also high levels of flu, and ...

The CDC and FDA are expediting the availability of additional doses of nirsevimab, sold as Beyfortus, the new RSV immunization for infants.

In Georgia, RSV-linked hospitalizations among those under age 4 have risen from 2.0 per 100,000 for the week ending Aug. 5 to 7.0 per 100,000 for the week ending Aug. 19, the CDC said.

According to the CDC, anywhere from 58,000 to 80,000 children under the age of 5 are hospitalized with RSV every year in the U.S., while between 60,000 and 160,000 people over the age of 65 are ...

The guiding principle behind the CDC’s recommendations has logic to it. RSV is a seasonal virus, and both injections are thought to offer protection for about six months.

RSV is the leading cause of hospitalization for infants in the U.S. Each year, the virus is associated with some 1.5 million medical visits, 60,000 to 80,000 hospitalizations, and up to 300 deaths ...

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