Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
CDC Concerned Over Rise In RSV Cases Among Very Young
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention alerted doctors Tuesday about a rise in severe cases of RSV among young children in Florida and Georgia. Regional increases have usually predicted the beginning of RSV season nationally, the CDC wrote in its advisory, "with increased RSV activity spreading north and west over the following 2–3 months." (Edwards, 9/5)
This fall, infectious diseases pose a triple threat. A potent flu virus, resurgent COVID-19 and rebounding RSV are combining to prompt new warnings in Colorado about the coming seasons when all three will be circulating. Based on case rates in Australia, UCHealth experts are predicting higher-than-average rates here for all three viruses. And flu season is arriving early. (Frank, 9/5)
In related news —
The recently approved RSV vaccines have been celebrated as key public health tools, but some vaccine experts have lamented one aspect of the trials that led to their approval — namely, that older adults were largely left out of them. (Joseph, 9/5)
