with rsv and that s really an unusual number, much higher than any number that we saw with the covid pandemic. so this is really challenging us in many ways. our teams are delivering the service, providing the care for the children and, but it is a challenge like anywhere else in the country right now. and so, dr. salazar, how dangerous is this and why now? that s a great question, jose. the first thing i do want to tell parents that for the most part and the majority of cases this will be a simple cold. so i don t want to create panic. most of the kids will do fine with symptomatic care and a little bit of tylenol, just cleaning their nose and providing the care that they need, but in a small group of children they will require medications in the hospital. they will require a visit to the emergency department and perhaps the icu and perhaps in those cases we need to look at them 37
brian chung and ylan mui, thanks to you both. coming up, japan s coast guard said north korea fired another ballistic missile. hospitals pushed to the brink with children suffering from rsv. we ll talk to the physician and chief of one of children s hospital who says his state may need more resources for the national guard. you re watching jose diaz balart reports. rt reports. just buy any footlong in the app, and get one free. free monsters, free bosses, any footlong for free! this guy loves a great offer. so let s see some hustle! the abcs of ckd free monsters, free bosses, any footlong for free! a is for awareness, because knowing that your chronic kidney disease in type 2 diabetes could progress to dialysis is important. b is for belief that there may be more you can do. just remember that k is for kidneys and kerendia. for adults living with ckd in type 2 diabetes, kerendia is proven to reduce the risk of kidney failure,
he was shot and wounded in the leg during a protest march and was taken to a political party. he was waving to supporters after the attack. police have arrested two in the shooting. bolsonaro is asking those around the country to lift the blockades. thousands of supporters are protesting the election loss calling the election fraudulent. the country s electoral authority saying luis ignacio lula da silva won the vote. coming up, an unprecedented surge in the respiratory virus rsv. we ll talk to the chief of the children s medical center next. you re watching jose diaz-balart reports. e diaz-balart reports.
cases of rsv, a virus that causes infections of their respiratory tract. maggie vespa has this report. pediatric occupancy rate is 75%. it is four times higher than during last year s winter peak. struggling to breathe, 10 day old pipa pritchett became one of these missouri cases. mom rushed her daughter to a kansas city hospital where the baby took nine days to fully recover. you give birth to a healthy baby and all of a sudden she s in the hospital on oxygen which is an emotional roller coaster. doctors spotting severe symptoms like pneumonia in school-age kids. covid isolation has left kids immune systems weakened. you re talking about babies and kids as old as 5 on breathing machines?
to any viruses and therefore the children are completely non-immune to the common viruses that are coming around and now that we re back in school and the masks are off and people are gathering together and the viruses have found what i call the fertile ground in the children and they re coming to the hospital. flu is coming and one of the messages i want to give everyone is please get your child vaccinated. any child over the age of 6 months is able to get the flu vaccine. it s still time to prevent flu and rsv is out of the box and influenza, i can still do something about and i urge parents to please connect with your pediatricians and get the children vaccinated with influenza. [ speaking non-english ] dr. juan salazar, it s a pleasure to see you. thank you, jose.