Children's hospitals are filling up across the country with respiratory syncytial virus patients, and amid this surge, experts are calling on the federal government to declare an emergency.
Children's hospitals are filling up across the country with respiratory syncytial virus patients, and the numbers are much higher than usual for this time of year. The virus is targeting kids in the Phoenix area, too.
The Arizona Department of Health Services is reporting an uptick in the amount of cases of respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV.Current case reports are up about 4.5 times this year vs the last five seasons.Phoenix Children’s Hospital pediatrician Dr. Gary Kirkilas said they have seen a lot of patients in the last several weeks.“Pre-pandemic we would look at expecting a