{"id":7354,"date":"2023-09-07T17:47:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T17:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/2023\/09\/07\/cdc-issues-health-alert-as-rsv-winter-virus-that-kills-thousands-each-year-strikes-parts\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T17:47:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T17:47:29","slug":"cdc-issues-health-alert-as-rsv-winter-virus-that-kills-thousands-each-year-strikes-parts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/cdc-issues-health-alert-as-rsv-winter-virus-that-kills-thousands-each-year-strikes-parts\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC issues health alert as RSV winter virus that kills thousands each year strikes parts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Doctors have been put on high alert about rising cases of a potentially severe respiratory virus in parts of the United States, which could signal a bad nationwide outbreak is to come.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Centers for Disease Control<\/a> and Prevention warned medical professionals the rising rates of respiratory syncitial virus, or RSV<\/a>, in Florida<\/a>\u00a0and Georgia in recent weeks signal the start of the respiratory virus season.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n And the Food and Drug Administration (FDA<\/a>) has advised healthcare workers to brace for what could be a ‘tripledemic’ of RSV, flu<\/a>, and Covid-19<\/a> cases this winter.<\/p>\n RSV infects the lungs and the respiratory tract and typically causes cold-like symptoms<\/a>, though it can be deadly to seniors who have weaker immune systems and infants whose already-narrow airways fill with mucus, making it hard to breathe.\u00a0<\/p>\n RSV is the leading cause of hospitalization for infants one or younger in the US. Each year, the virus causes up to 80,000 hospitalizations and 300 deaths in children under age 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n And in seniors, the virus can cause up to 160,000 hospitalizations and 10,000 fatalities every year.<\/p>\n Treatments and preventive measures for RSV have become more widely available in just the past year, and the CDC is urging clinicians<\/a> to stock up on vaccines for adults and pregnant women and monoclonal antibodies for infants when they become available.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n