RSV, respiratory sensational virus, is a common cause of colds but critical for babies. The hospitals are at or above capacity and the emergency departments are seeing double volumes from what they were ever seeing before COVID. But it's not all bad news: We might have some viable vaccines.
A respiratory virus called RSV has a lot of kids in critical condition and hospitals overwhelmed. Vox public health reporter and epidemiologist Keren Landman explains newfound hope for a vaccine.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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