The American Cancer Society has been the nation's leading cancer fighting organization for more than 100 years. Dr. Chad Peko is a lung cancer specialist and an ACS Research Scholar Grant recipient. John Glenn Hill: Is this surge we're experiencing right now forcing people to take RSV seriously? Karen Landman: If there is a huge motivator for voters, it could be getting them enthusiastic about a politician's policy platform.
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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