The surge in RSV is not over. On Long Island, pediatric hospitalizations are spiking, up 60%. McLoganTV met anxious parents and their toddler daughter who survived a traumatic hospitalization.
Doctors say flu vaccines are a must. There is no vaccine as yet for RSV."Surreal, seeing your daughter on a breathing mask, and she's only 3 and a half," Binavi-Ghiam said."This was a wonderful gift for us to receive just before Thanksgiving," Ghiam said.The medical world hopes for an RSV vaccine within two years. In the meantime, the virus is usually contagious for up to eight days, but some infants can continue to spread RSV for as long as four weeks.
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