RSV

Children's Health reported a 67% jump in RSV cases between the first and second full weeks of this month as the region experiences colder weather and cold and flu season begins.

Seasonal respiratory infection cases at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth continue to rise as Influenza A and B and respiratory syncytial virus spread among children and adults.

Flu is rising, and COVID levels are higher than last season's peak. But COVID hospitalizations and deaths are down. Nonetheless, COVID is still the most dangerous virus circulating.

Children's Health in Dallas was recently recognized nationally for excellence in nursing, during a time hospitals across DFW are experiencing a surge of patients with respiratory viruses.

Mandy Cohen, the director for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, visited Dallas County today to discuss vaccines heading into the winter months.

Cook Children's in Fort Worth is experiencing a surge of RSV cases that is overwhelming their emergency department.

The RSV virus usually shows up in kids in the fall. A North Texas doctor explains why there was a sharp spike in positive tests during October.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first vaccine for expectant mothers to shield their babies from RSV.

KERA’s Sam Baker talks about the vaccines with Dr. Donna Casey, an internal medicine physician with Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.

While the trends are encouraging, health experts say we may not be out of the woods yet.

Nurses at Children’s Health in North Texas have seen patients through surges of COVID-19, the flu, and now RSV.

One week in December saw 514 patients test positive for flu compared to 43 the same week in 2021. Dr. Jeffrey Kahn, chief of infectious diseases, told KERA’s Sam Baker, the increase stems in part from a return to pre-pandemic behavior.