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Pfizer’s RSV vaccine to protect babies gets greenlight from FDA
By: Sydney Lupkin | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first RSV vaccine for expectant mothers aimed at protecting their newborn babies. Given during the third trimester of pregnancy,… Read More
Health officials relieved no “triple-demic”, but note COVID, flu and RSV aren’t over in Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There’s good news and bad news about three respiratory viruses that looked like they might cause a “triple-demic” this winter. Health officials were worried… Read More
Authorities are urging indoor masking in major cities as the ‘tripledemic’ rages
By: Juliana Kim | NPR
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Public health officials are revisiting the topic of indoor masking, as three highly contagious respiratory viruses take hold during the holiday season. Over the past few weeks, a surge in… Read More
Thanks to the ‘tripledemic,’ it can be hard to find kids’ fever-reducing medicines
By: Laurel Wamsley I NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — If you stroll the cold and flu medicine aisle these days, you might notice shelves that are bare, or nearly so. Some medicines that can be… Read More
Experts are concerned gatherings could accelerate a ‘tripledemic’
By: Rob Stein | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — For each of the last two years, Thanksgiving helped usher in some very unwelcome guests: Devastating waves of COVID-19. No one thinks this year will be… Read More
Cases of Dangerous Virus Increasing Among Babies
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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The common cold is, well, common. And the Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV, that babies and older people can get after being around someone who appears to have a cold,… Read More