news live i am arthel neville, hi eric. twenty-four hi arthel hello everyone think of joining us. i m eric shawn. the issues of taxes, inflation, quality of life and crime do seem to be in top of the voters minds. playing progressive policies but democrats you know are defending the strong economy, abortion rights and reminding americans of the dangers to our democracy. as we head into the final lap of the midterms. alexis mcadams live in new york city with the very latest they are. hate that is right. we are all learning more about this type governor s race as the gap continues to close. crime to be the deciding factor in the new york governor s race may take a look here the latest poll shows a 28% of new yorkers they crime the most important issue. jumped right onto the subway tracks the other day that have so many people on edge. so, just days out into the election into the video there crime is a top priority but hogle said it s her top priority. on saturday the incumbe
into their lungs but i looked up their shirts. they using muscles to help them breathe? if that is the case we send them to the hospital to get them on oxygen, we provide supportive care with tylenol, motrin, hydration that sort of thing. most of them do well. when you have overwhelming number of kids going to the hospital that is when it becomes a problem. it s amazing that kind of been protected at the same time they do not have the immunity. it has backfired. how to parent tell if it is rsv or a cold or the flu or even covid? sure, fortunately we actually have a test to differentiate between covid-19 between influenza and also for rsvp riff swabs that can tell you what it is. we do have treatment for covid antivirals. we have treatment for even the flu. we have some treatment for rsv in regards to preventative. meaning if a child is born prematurely or for adult has an
costing about 60000 hospitalizations and children every year. for every three children there hospitalized with covid we are seeing up to 30 hospitalized with rsv but in some areas of the country hospitals are considering calling for the national guard and calling on fema to help build hospital fields tensed outside the hospitals to accommodate all of these children who are coming in and respiratory distress. it s very important we recognize early signs were it s important we understand what to do to help minimize spread of this virus. it s very simple. we want to do is make sure you cover your mouth if you are coughing if you are sneezing, keep your hands washed and cleaned. make sure you are not touching her eyes, your nose, your mouth make sure you are not coming into close contact with someone who might have the sniffles who might have a cold. rsv can impact anyone it can affect anyone. her children can be life-threatening. we want to make sure we are careful if we stay away from
right charles watson there in atlanta, thanks charles. eric. doctor tsao warning parents about a common children s respiratory illness that is spreading quickly it s called rsv. this virus is sending lots of kids in the hospital for symptoms similar to the common cold. experts say places like daycare centers happen to be hotspots. this we are told to more immune resistant covid invariants are spreading across the country. doctor janette nesheiwa, medical director and family emergency medicine doctor. always good to see you. first about what is going on with the children? it s very alarming it is called rsv what is it? rex hey eric, rsv this transfer respiratory syncytial virus but it causes inflammation in the lungs. it can cause infection and the lungs like pneumonia. what we are seeing and now it s
compilations of rsv progress at so alarming at the moment they say 70%, 70% of pediatric hospital beds are filled with these young patients who have rsv. do we know where it came from or how it mutated or whatever? that s a great question bird rsv has been on for many, many years. we tend to see respiratory illnesses during the cold winter months. but if you think about children as they are growing the first few years of their life they are exposed to different viruses and bacteria. so their body is able to have a build up a defense with their immune system. both the lockdowns in the school closures and that mass think they were not able to have the little bits of exposure to the various viruses. so they are saying it now for the first time. that is why it s being a little bit harder on their bodies if you will and causing these complications. whenever examine a child whose parents bring them in, i will listen to the hartford ellis