Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common virus that can cause severe respiratory illness in infants and young children, including lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) such as bronchiolitis and pneumonia. It is ...
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Doctors recommend getting your flu shot annually, since the specific influenza strain it targets varies from year to year. But what if the shot could be more effective while protecting against more strains? Researchers from ...
Apr 15, 2026
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Scientists in China have developed a two-antibody cocktail to treat respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, that in laboratory studies prevented the virus from developing drug resistance—a persistent problem with current therapies ...
A population-based study, published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection and due to be presented next week at ESCMID Global 2026, has found that influenza was detected in 11% of winter deaths, yet only 17% of these infections ...
Apr 9, 2026
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When your head is splitting, your nose is running nonstop, your eyes are itching and you're coughing, coughing, coughing, what's the best way to fight back? That depends on what's causing your symptoms, said Dr. Ian Tullberg, ...
Apr 6, 2026
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A major UK-led clinical trial has found that a treatment commonly used to help premature babies breathe offers no benefit for infants on life support with severe bronchiolitis—a seasonal viral illness that hospitalizes thousands ...
Mar 23, 2026
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There's no nice way to put it: Small children are snotty. A research study that tested children for multiple respiratory viruses every week for a year found that under-fives are carrying one or more viruses 50% of the time. ...
Mar 22, 2026
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RSV is a significant cause of viral lower respiratory tract infections (VLRTIs) in children, including 50% to 80% of children 5 years old and younger who are hospitalized with bronchiolitis and 40% of those over 12 months ...
Mar 5, 2026
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It's not COVID-19 or the flu, but a respiratory virus has been hammering Northern California cities, including Sacramento and Davis, testing shows. WastewaterSCAN data shows "high concentrations" of human metapneumovirus, ...
Mar 4, 2026
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Young infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) often become much sicker than those infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. In a study published in Science Translational Medicine, scientists ...
Feb 25, 2026
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