Is there a "coincidence" of the peaks of the RSV, influenza, and COVID viruses? Is the country experiencing an "unusually bad" flu season? Currently, there is no such COVID variant, no confluence in the peaks of the viruses, and flu activity is low, George said, "but we need to st...
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(Never give honey to a child under 1 year old because it can cause infant botulism, a rare but potentially fatal illness). Video Baby cough with cold and labored breathing Possible cause: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Advertisement | page continues below What it is: RSV, which usually ...
Is January too late to get the flu shot? In a word, no, says Dr. Robert Hopkins Jr., medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. “It’s not too late,” Hopkins told Fortune in December.“It is not a bad time when we’ve got risk in front of us. And I...
“Influenza has always been cyclical, and there are good years and bad years depending on the kind of strain that is circulating and how well it matches what’s in the influenza vaccine,” says Murray. Regardless, it’s crucial to get kids vaccinated, he adds, because even during a less...
Winter Illness: RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) It starts like a cold but can become dangerous for those with a weak immune system such as young children or the elderly. Symptoms: Runny nose, sore throat, cough, fever, trouble breathing. ...
“It’s not too late,”Hopkins toldFortunein December. “It is not a bad time when we’ve got risk in front of us. And I would certainly prefer that people were vaccinated earlier, but I’m not going to make perfection the enemy of the good.” ...
And the fourth thing we know is that there are things that we can do to protect ourselves. And unfortunately, when it comes to those things. We’re kind of not doing a great job of it. This has been an abysmally bad vaccine season. Why do you think that is? Dr. Katelyn Jetelina...
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"This just comes down to if you're feeling lousy enough where you're wondering what to do, whether to go or not to a family gathering, usually I tell patients that is a good litmus test to say, 'Oh, you know, what? You're probably feeling bad enough, where this is n...