Additionally, preventive treatments and vaccination can help lower your chances of having a severe infection if you are at risk. This article will discuss treating RSV at home, when to contact a healthcare provider or emergency healthcare, how long it lasts, and how to prevent transmitting RSV....
RSV is a common, very contagious viral infection that affects most children before the age of 2. RSV can make breathing harder. It’s also the leading cause of bronchiolitis (swelling of the lung’s small airways) and pneumonia in infants. While most cases of RSV in infants are mild and...
Acute, which can last for 1 to 3 weeks. It’s usually caused by cold orfluviruses. Since these viruses are contagious, acute bronchitis usually is, too. How Long Before I Know I Have It? The first few days you’re sick, it will probably be hard to tell if you have a “regular”...
The cost to those families using a surrogate is even greater, typically around $150,000, when additional expenses are factored in. For this reason, intended parents typically earn higher incomes than the surrogates they match with, who oftentimes are nurses and teachers, or hold administrative pos...
Free COVID test kits are back. Here's how to get them. Do COVID-19 tests still work after they expire? Here's how to tell. Experts at the meeting acknowledged rocky rollouts are far from unheard of for new vaccines, with other shots for RSV and pneumococcal bacteria also hitting snags...
Deadly outbreaks have plagued societies for centuries. But they can lead to medical breakthroughs—if we learn the right lessons from them.
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Influenza, colds, Strep Throat, RSV and COVID are some examples of some of the viruses/illness many Central Minnesotans are dealing with this winter. Dr. David Smith from Sartell Pediatrics joined me on WJON to explain the differences between some of the
"No matter which region you are in, the first thing we tend to see as pediatricians is strep throat," Dr. Victoria Regan, a pediatric specialist at Memorial Hermann in Houston, tells TODAY.com. Strep throat is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the throat and tonsils caused by group...
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