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Moderna said a late-stage trial found that its vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus was 84% effective in preventing at least two symptoms in adults ages 60 and older.

In fact, the odds of severe disease were 65 percent lower during omicron compared to alpha. However, if other respiratory viruses such as the flu or RSV were involved with any of the variants, severe outcomes more than doubled, with infants and toddlers being at a significantly higher risk. “Younger kids who were infected with multiple viruses at the same time demonstrated a significantly higher need for oxygen therapy and ICU-level care,” Dr. Bahl said. According to Bahl, the biggest takeaway for parents is remembering to take preventative measures when it comes to their children. – Source: Corewell Health East, formerly Beaumont Health.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported that visits to doctors' offices for flu-like illnesses dropped for the sixth week — despite earlier worries about a flu surge.

New U.S. government data suggests holiday gatherings didn’t spark surges in respiratory diseases.

Here’s our weekly round up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

A drug waiting to be reviewed by the FDA could help infants be protected from RSV.

RSV and the flu appear to be receding in the U.S., but COVID is on the rise, new data suggest, driven by holiday gatherings and an even more transmissible omicron subvariant that has become dominant.

AAPS is recommending all students, teachers and staff wear face masks for two weeks following winter break.

Here’s our weekly round up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Wearing face masks around others still proves to be one of the most effective ways to avoid getting sick, say researchers at U-M.

From mental wellness to a multitude of illnesses, the past year in health and medicine has been a roller-coaster ride.

Millions of Americans are struggling to get their hands on much-needed medication.

Pharmacy chains including CVS, Walgreens and Kroger are limiting the sale of popular children’s medicines as pharmacies struggle to keep up with the tripledemic. The flu, COVID-19 and RSV has lead to a 65 percent increase in pediatric medication in just one month. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports for TODAY.

CVS and Walgreens are limiting how many children’s pain relief medications people can buy at once amid the “tripledemic” of respiratory viruses, according to reports.

Pediatric hospital beds are often empty and yield smaller reimbursements than adult care, making them targets for cost-cutting by hospitals.

Here’s our weekly round up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Major cities across the U.S. are looking to have residents return to wearing face coverings to combat not just COVID-19, but also the flu and respiratory syncytial virus.

Burns Park Elementary School is closed Thursday, Dec. 15, says the district.

Health officials say less than 20% of residents in Minnesota are current on COVID-19 shots. Health officials warn residents to get their shots now, so immunity builds before Christmas.

As respiratory illnesses continue to surge, some pharmacies are running out of liquid versions of medicine that kids commonly use when sick.

Heading into the holidays, cases of respiratory illness are surging, and authorities are urging people to take preventive measures.

Health officials are warning about a holiday “tripledemic” – a combination of COVID-19, flu and Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV – that is filling up hospitals and prompting the Centers for Disease Control to advise many people to go back into masks. And, with Christmas and New Year’s set for later this month, the numbers, particularly those of COVID-19 cases, are likely to keep climbing.

Dr. Anthony Fauci acknowledged on Friday that there is a "fatigue" regarding COVID-19 mandates as respiratory viruses continue to infect across the country.

The New York City Department of Heath is urging residents to wear a high quality mask amid “high levels of COVID-19, flu and RSV," according to a press release.

Some commonly used medications are in shortage due to supply chain issues, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Here are the four most common drugs that are in short supply right now and how you can cope, if you are affected by it. Albuterol Sulfate Inhalational SolutionAlbuterol is an inhalant used to treat symptoms of asthma, emphysema and other respiratory conditions. A surge in demand for albuterol at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic led to the shortage, according to Vox. There has been an increased demand for the drug because of the sharp increase in flu cases this season.

The onslaught of viruses, a tripledemic of covid, RSV and the flu, has sent parents into a spiral.

Doctors say all three of the now-prevalent viral infections sweeping the country could be slowed by mask-wearing.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital is seeing a slight decline in the number of young patients being admitted with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). As of Wednesday, the hospital had 32 pediatric patients with RSV, as well as 11 RSV patients in the internal care unit (ICU). That compares to two weeks ago, when the hospital had 51 patients admitted with RSV and 20 RSV patients in the ICU on Nov. 22. Marandi said Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital had 160 patients who tested positive for the flu last week, which is slightly more than the hospital has seen in the past. “We believe we reached a peak last week, with the most number of patients that we’ve had in-house at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital with these viruses,” he said.

Pfizer said the FDA has accepted its RSV vaccine candidate for review under an expedited process that reduces the approval process by four months.

Here’s our weekly round up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

It’s not uncommon for rare medications to have supply chain hiccups leading to a shortage, but we aren’t talking about anything fancy. Some very common over-the-counter medicines are also becoming hard to find.

The latest CDC data from November shows this year, the rate of hospitalization for seniors with RSV is already 10 times higher than average.

Intensive care doctors in Germany are warning that hospital pediatric units in the country are stretched to breaking point in part due to rising cases of respiratory infections among infants

The Washtenaw County Health Department has introduced a new data page that displays the weekly rates of COVID-19, RSV and influenza hospitalizations rates among county residents.

COVID, flu and RSV cases had already been on the rise, but the holidays are expected to cause even higher numbers.

Health care professionals are bracing for a surge in flu, RSV and COVID-19 cases. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook explains why it's important to know what you are sick with.

The following is a full transcript of an interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden, that aired on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, on "Face the Nation."

As we prepare to gather with our family and friends for Thanksgiving, many are understandably nervous about all the viruses that are circulating.

The easy explanation for a rise in non-Covid viruses is that pandemic mitigation measures let our immune systems backslide. But there’s more going on.

Local 4′s Jason Colthorp and his wife Ida opened up about their experience when their newborn was in the hospital with RSV.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- A surge in a child respiratory illness has DeVos Children’s Hospital looking to add beds to handle the influx of young patients. Corewell Health on Monday, Nov. 21, said it had filed an emergency certificate of need with the state to add 48 beds to DeVos Children’s Hospital. The health system also wants to designate 117 beds as intensive care beds. On Nov. 9, a DeVos Children’s Hospital emergency department doctor offered a glimpse at the surge of RSV illnesses in the Grand Rapids area. DeVos Children’s Hospital normally has 24 intensive care unit beds.

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Infectious disease experts shared input on RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) — and whether or not adults and children can be infected with it more than once as the county experiences a surge of illness.

Jason: “We either have to leave right this second or we have to call an ambulance.”

Infants 6 months and younger are getting hospitalized with RSV at 11 times the rate observed before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to CDC data.

Health leaders are pleading with parents to get their children vaccinated against the flu, which is spreading in the Chicago area.

Respiratory syncytial virus, also known as RSV, typically shows as a mild, cold-like illness for adults and older children. When to seek medical attentionMost children will have had an RSV infection prior to their second birthday, according to the CDC. The state health department does not track case data for RSV, but the CDC does report weekly testing data. In late October, Michigan was administered more than 1,000 PCR tests for RSV, with about 21.7% coming back positive for the virus. PreventionStrategies to prevent transmission of RSV are similar to those implemented to lower risk of COVID-19 and the flu.

Cases of RSV among kids are driving up hospitalizations at two children's hospitals in Boston, leading to capacity issues and delaying non-emergency procedures for some patients.

Nicole Miele-Kerns said her son Noah was six weeks old when she began noticing the symptoms.

Currently, RSV is filling hospitals but a new forecast shows that the flu could soon be taking over.

A study published in Lancet Respiratory Medicine found that 1.8% of healthy infants are hospitalized with RSV before their first birthday.

C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital has seen 259 cases of RSV so far this season, that’s a 46% increase over last year.

A large study has begun to find out whether nirsevimab should be offered to all babies in the UK.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Child inpatient numbers and child emergency department visits at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital are up significantly due to RSV, a respiratory illness. “The emergency department is incredibly busy,” said Dr. Erica Michiels, a a Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital pediatrics emergency department physician. Michiels said the children’s hospital has about 60 child inpatients with RSV. Michiels said Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital is doing what it can to handle the load. Administrators at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital take part in daily calls with leaders from other hospital across the state to talk about available bed space.

The head of the World Health Organization says there's "cause for optimism."

With viruses like Covid-19, flu and RSV circulating, experts fear that a 'tripledemic' may be on the way. These are the best masks and masking methods to use.

60,000 children are hospitalized with RSV every year and according to officials, there were more cases per week in October than any other week in 2020.

Amy Schumer and her husband Chris Fischer had to bring their 3-year-old son Gene to the hospital for RSV while she was preparing to host "Saturday Night Live.'

There has been a spike in RSV cases this fall, which health experts attribute to the fact that children who had been social distancing during the pandemic, and were shielded from it, are now being exposed in large numbers.

The U.S. flu season is off to an unusually fast start.

Corewell Health East, formerly Beaumont Health, is restricting child visitors because of high volumes of patients with respiratory viral illness, including respiratory syncytial virus or RSV. Children 5 and younger are the largest group of patients visiting emergency departments in southeast Michigan, the Oakland County Health Division reported. “Everyone can do their part to help stop or limit the spread of respiratory illnesses in our community. Michigan doesn’t track RSV by case counts, though the CDC does have some data on lab-based testing. Like other viruses, RSV spreads through respiratory droplets that are shed when an individual talks, coughs, or sneezes.

Here’s our weekly round up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

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Some 330,000 health care professionals exited the field in 2021, creating a worker shortage amid a rise in viral illnesses.

OAKLAND COUNTY, MI – A 6-year-old from Macomb County has died from respiratory syncytial virus, also known as RSV. The warning comes amid a “sharp increase” in RSV cases in children under 4 within the last month. “RSV is affecting our youngest, more vulnerable residents,” Oakland County Medical Director Dr. Russell Faust said. “We are concerned about RSV, flu and COVID-19 all being widespread as we move into the winter. RSV is a common respiratory virus that usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms, but can be particularly serious for infants and older adults.

The flu, a cold, COVID and RSV are all respiratory infections caused by viruses.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus is a common virus, but it’s affecting more children with low immunity, and pediatric hospitals across the country are bracing for a rough winter.

RSV, a respiratory illness that can be severe in infants because their lungs aren't strong enough, is overwhelming hospitals in parts of the U.S.

COVID levels across Michigan have been at low to medium levels for a while now, giving more opportunities for in-person interactions with state health officials.

A growing shortage of amoxicillin reflects the spike in children's respiratory illness — but you can most likely still get your prescription filled.

Doctors say they are seeing an unprecedented number of cases. How concerned should parents be? Why are young children so vulnerable? What's causing this year's outbreak? We offer some answers.

The preliminary results buoy hope that after decades of failure and frustration, vaccines against RSV may finally be getting close.

Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment helped the pharmaceutical giant balance tumbling international sales for its coronavirus vaccine and top third-quarter expectations.

Pfizer said it will submit an application to the Food and Drug Administration for the RSV vaccine's approval by the end of 2022.

With RSV and flu surging alongside cold and COVID season, there’s much for parents and caregivers to think about.

Medical professionals throughout Metro Detroit are feeling the heat as there are zero pediatric ICU beds available.

RSV, which stands for respiratory syncytial virus, is a common respiratory virus that usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Here is what you need to know about the most common symptoms of RSV and why there is such an increase in cases this season. According to the CDC, people with RSV start showing symptoms within 4 to 6 days of first getting infected. Common symptoms include:Runny noseDecrease in appetiteCoughingSneezingFeverWheezingSerious cases can lead to respiratory distress, developing into bronchiolitis or pneumonia. How do you prevent RSV?

Pediatric hospitalizations are up across the country, including here in Michigan, because of respiratory viruses like RSV.

For some time now, there have been national-level warnings about increasingly severe respiratory ailments like RSV in kids, but Michigan had not been part of the warning.

After two years of influenza cases being kept largely at bay by the pandemic precautions, experts say several signs suggest we won’t be as lucky this year.

We asked local pediatricians to share the illnesses they’re expecting to see increase in school-age children this fall, which ones they’re most concerned about, and what advice they have for parents.

Every week our Good Health team talks with doctors and hospitals around Metro Detroit to find out what’s going around.

Cases of influenza have increased on campus while COVID was on the decline over the past week, U-M officials said.

Beds are filling up at U-M hospital as officials report an increase in COVID activity.

Flu cases continue to rise at the University of Michigan -- just as students are preparing to head for home.

Cases of COVID are up and the flu is on the rise in Metro Detroit. Doctors said they’re seeing lots of other viruses too.

Student COVID cases are on the rise at U-M.

Viruses are still going strong, but that’s not the only thing making people sick in Metro Detroit this week.

Hospitals in Metro Detroit are seeing a lot of sick children with respiratory syncytial virus this week.

Two emergency physicians at U-M share when patients should seek out emergency care as ERs fill up.

Coronavirus cases are continuing to rise in Michigan, particularly in children -- but there are lots of other illnesses popping up too.

When schools turned to virtual learning due to the COVID pandemic there weren’t illnesses spreading in schools and when students did return masks and social distancing kept the usual illnesses at bay.

The recent emergence of a virus that typically sickens children in colder months has baffled U.S. pediatricians and put many infants in the hospital with troublesome coughs and breathing trouble.

The pandemic precautions kept most of the normal childhood illness away but now that many of those precautions are gone children are getting sick again.

Masks, social distancing and staying home didn’t just protect people from COVID -- it also protected people from colds.