This common respiratory virus affects nearly all children by age two, but recent seasons have seen alarming spikes in severe cases requiring medical intervention. While RSV initially presents with ...

So what should you know about RSV and who can get it? In many cases, there is a difference for adults and children: RSV is a virus that infects the nose, throat, and lungs and is often difficult ...

A recent study reveals that infants and young children are the primary transmitters of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) ...

RSV leads to approximately 1.4 million hospitalizations and over 13,000 in-hospital deaths worldwide among infants under six ...

Historically, RSV has been studied mainly in infants and older adults, but recent research shows that it also poses a ...

Risk factors for RSV transmission included index case viral detection 1 week or more after an index case and a household contact age of 12 years or younger. Of 120 sequenced specimens, the main ...

On 12 March 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) prequalified the first maternal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine to protect infants ...

Severe complications from RSV lead to 80,000 annual hospitalizations among children under age 5. Worldwide, RSV accounts for 3.6% of infant deaths ages 28 days to 6 months. When they were ...

Sanofi joins force with Samitivej International Children’s Hospital to launch the “Together Against RSV” awareness campaign in Thailand, with the support from the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society ...

flu and RSV. So far this season, the CDC estimates, there have been at least 24 million flu illnesses, 310,000 hospitalizations and 13,000 deaths — including at least 57 children. Traditionally ...