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Respiratory

RSV Infection in Older Adults

  Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes respiratory infections in humans. What Are the Symptoms of RSV Infection? In most people, RSV causes mild cold-like symptoms of cough, runny nose, sore throat, headache, decreased appetite, and fever that typically last less than 5 days. However, in older adults, RSV can cause […]

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Seasonality of Respiratory Syncytial Virus — United States, 2017–2023

Summary What is already known about this topic? In the United States, the timing of seasonal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) epidemics (October–April) was disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic. What is added by this report? RSV circulation was historically low during 2020–21 and began earlier and continued longer during 2021–22 than […]

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Pediatricians and parents on the brink: This is their March 2020

In March 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the United States, the nation’s pediatric providers and pediatric units immediately pitched in to treat adults sickened by this then-mysterious and deadly disease. But now that the pediatric community is facing its own March 2020 with the confluence of Covid-19, influenza, […]

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