It’s the season for respiratory illnesses, especially the flu, COVID and RSV. If you contract one of these sicknesses in ...
Paris Community Hospital Volunteers recently donated $5,000 toward the purchase of four Controlled Air Purifying Respirators (CAPRs) that protect responders when treating patients with respiratory ...
Emergency department visits are "high" and "very high" for flu and RSV, respectively, and "elevated" for COVID-19 across the U.S., according to the CDC. As of the week ending Jan. 4, 18.6% of ...
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes cold-like symptoms in most people but can cause more serious problems in some, especially babies and older adults. Almost all children get RSV at least once by ...
Winter also marks the height of the respiratory virus season, a period of sniffles, sneezes, congestion, fever and other maladies brought about primarily by four pathogens: the respiratory syncytial ...
The trifecta of flu, COVID-19 and RSV is bad enough, but this year throw in other lesser but still consequential bugs, including norovirus. What can you do? Wash your hands, then wash them again later ...
Nearly 80% of infants born during the late 2023 and early 2024 respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season received protection against the virus, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network.
Cases of RSV across the country are considered "very high," as rates of other acute respiratory illnesses are also high, the CDC reported Monday. Here's what to know about RSV. Iowa currently is ...
As you dive into your New Year’s resolutions, taking precautions to protect yourself from a quartet of infectious diseases can lessen your odds of starting off 2025 sick.
On top of that, the so-called “quad-demic” of flu, Covid, RSV and Norovirus that had been forecast in doom-laden newspaper headlines failed to materialise. “We’re not seeing a ‘quad ...
COVID-19 and flu activity is increasing in most parts of the country and RSV activity remains very high, especially in young children. Respiratory illness activity in Florida is very high ...