and it s putting a strain on hospitals. some healthcare facilities are so overwhelmed, that they re running out of beds. the state of connecticut is even thinking about bringing in the national guard. we have a lot of news to get to tonight, and cbs omar villafranca will start us off. good evening, omar. reporter: good evening. tonight, hospitals from texas to connecticut are sounding the alarm. their emergency rooms are filling up with r.s.v. patients. there are no vaccines and doctors are bracing for a roigh winter opinion at connecticut children s medical center, doctors are slammed with the surge in r.s.v. cases. dr. john brancato says every inch of the emergency room is filled. we are having patients in hall beds. we re using our orthopedic room. we re using other treatment rooms as much as possible. reporter: r.s.v. cases typically peak in december to mid-february, but this month, the hospital has more r.s.v. cases than any other respiratory illness, including covid. a l
activity in the uk since news emerged that abortion rights would be overhauled in the us. regularly, anti abortion protesters stand directly outside our clinic entrances, approaching women as they go in. they will call them mummy for example, hand them literature saying abortion causes breast cancer . and you have heard reports to that effect in recent days? yes, absolutely. just yesterday we had an incident in which we had to call the police because protesters were shouting so loudly outside one of our clinics that the women in the treatment rooms could hear them while they were undergoing their procedures. in this country on the whole, it remains a very low number of anti abortionists who go to stand outside of clinics, and a handful of local authorities have introduced measures to keep them away from women accessing treatment. that s not to say that anti abortion groups haven t been buoyed by recent
a noticeable increase in protest activity in the uk since news emerged that abortion rights would be overhauled in the us. regularly, anti abortion protesters stand directly outside our clinic entrances, approaching women as they go in. they will call them mummy for example, hand them literature saying abortion causes breast cancer . and you have heard reports to that effect in recent days? yes, absolutely. just yesterday, we had an incident in which we had to call the police because protesters were shouting so loudly outside one of our clinics that the women in the treatment rooms could hear them while they were undergoing their procedures. in this country, on the whole, it remains a very low number of anti abortionists who go to stand outside of clinics, and a handful of local authorities have introduced measures to keep them away from women accessing treatment. that s not to say that anti abortion
0ne provider told us there s been a noticeable increase in protest activity in the uk since news emerged that abortion rights would be overhauled in the us. regularly, anti abortion protesters stand directly outside our clinic entrances, approaching women as they go in. they will call them mummy for example, hand them literature saying abortion causes breast cancer . and you have heard reports to that effect in recent days? yes, absolutely. just yesterday we had an incident in which we had to call the police because protesters were shouting so loudly outside one of our clinics that the women in the treatment rooms could hear them while they were undergoing their procedures. in this country on the whole, it remains a very low number of anti abortionists who go to stand outside of clinics, and a handful of local authorities have introduced measures to keep them away from women accessing treatment. that s not to say that anti abortion