Dr. Gabriela Andujar Vazquez, with Dartmouth Health, is answering viewer questions as winter illnesses continue to spread.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a highly contagious respiratory illness that primarily affects infants and older adults, ...
Thousands of Oklahomans are sick with the flu. Symptoms of influenza include chills, fever, cough and body aches.
With a recent surge in influenza, COVID-19, norovirus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and other respiratory viruses, it's ...
Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a respiratory virus that may not be on most folk’s radars, but it’s more common than you ...
The Health Department of Northwest Michigan is reporting an increase in respiratory illnesses across Antrim, Charlevoix, ...
Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) cases continue to be reported in several states across India, although the number of cases is ...
As of Jan. 20, the CDC reports that RSV activity has peaked in most of the U.S., particularly among young children—a group ...
Up to 10,000 older adults in the United States die from RSV complications each year. Both RSV and colds can lead to illnesses such as pneumonia (an infection of the lungs) and bronchiolitis ...
1 These complications can include severe chest infections like pneumonia, rapid breathing (tachypnoea), low oxygen levels in the blood (hypoxia), and a greater need for additional oxygen.6 In at-risk ...
A quadruple whammy of viruses – flu, COVID, norovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV – is hitting the U.S. as the year comes to a close. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ...
severe cough or wheezing. HMPV is in the same family as respiratory syncytial virus, RSV, and has been around since at least 2001 when it was first identified in the Netherlands. Its outbreaks are ...