January 2025 marks five years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic that resulted in 1,216,305 American deaths and ...

Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV, has dominated headlines with an influx of cases across the country and here in Western ...

The Seattle Pandemic Preparedness Cohort study is designed to give a real-time snapshot of which respiratory viruses are out ...

Bird flu is the suspected culprit after more than 60 geese, swans and ducks were found sick or dead in a Plymouth pond called ...

Dr Zachary Rubin took to TikTok to explain the testing process doctors use for human metapneumovirus (HMPV), amid a spike in cases of the illness.

Country singer Lisa McHugh's six-month old daughter Hallie spent a "horrendous" 10 days in the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH) after contracting respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). RSV is a common ...

Lisa McHugh says her daughter having RSV was "horrendous" Country singer Lisa McHugh's six-month old daughter Hallie spent a "horrendous" 10 days in the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH ...

A blood test (IgM) or nasopharyngeal swab ... be thought of if symptoms in a child do not improve and if tests for other viruses such as influenza and RSV return negative. We should think of ...

A nasal swab, or a sample collected by inserting a saltwater solution into the nose and gently suctioning it out, may be used to test for RSV. If needed, lung function testing may be performed ... and ...

Meanwhile, RSV activity is very high in many areas of the U.S., particularly in young children, the agency reported. The levels determined by the CDC measure how frequently a variety of ...

While the number of COVID diagnoses are down compared with this time last year, other illnesses such as the norovirus stomach bug, RSV and whooping cough saw an increase in cases in the last few ...