![]() Globally, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases notes that RSV impacts both these groups-and individuals who have a weakened immune system-altogether affecting about 64 million people and causing some 160,000 deaths every year. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that, in the United States, some 58,000-80,000 kids under age 5 and some 60,000-160,000 adults ages 65 and older are hospitalized annually because of the virus. Nearly all children are infected with RSV by age 2, but for many, its symptoms are no worse than ones associated with the common cold. "After decades of work, there are now three new products available for prevention of RSV (respiratory syncytial virus)," says Laura Hammitt, a physician and director of the infectious disease prevention program at the Center for Indigenous Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. That means new hope for children under 5 and adults 60 and older. ![]() Finally, vaccines and drugs have arrived to thwart it. ![]() ![]() It’s a sneaky, nasty illness that strikes two of society’s most vulnerable groups and kills some 160,000 people a year. ![]()
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