Author: Daisy Caballero (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon health leaders are warning about what some of them are calling a “triple-demic” of COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) this upcoming winter season. “We do expect all three of these ...
SOUTHERN OREGON —The Oregon Health Authority held a press conference Thursday to talk about Covid and RSV in the state. The OHA says it expects Covid transmission to increase as people gather indoors and immunity from previous vaccinations wane. Oregon ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Seven new cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or “RSV,” infections were reported in Southern Oregon for the week of October 29th. According to the Oregon Health Authority’s “RSV Surveillance” report, there were 14 total cases in Southern ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – Hospitalization rates for the flu are at a decade-high. That’s according to officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC said on Friday that the more severe cases are among people age 65 ...
NEW YORK CITY (WCCO/CNN) – As pediatric hospitals across the country still see an above-average number of hospitalizations due to respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, Pfizer is announcing the end of its trial for the RSV vaccine and says it ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – A surge in children’s respiratory illnesses across the country has doctors concerned and hospitals stretched thin. A spike in the seasonal illness RSV comes just amid a looming flu season that’s expected to be the worst ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Public health officials are sounding the alarm about increased respiratory illnesses among kids in Southern Oregon. Jackson County Public Health said there’s been a sharp increase in “respiratory syncytial virus,” or “RSV,” infections in younger children and ...