We lose 100 to 300 babies a year to RSV, which is a lot actually. We hospitalized about around 60,000 babies a year in the United States. It's also a very, very important cause of hospitalization and death in adults. And we really don't recognize RSV as much as we should as a cause of pneumonia in adults.
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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