COVID-19 may be to blame for the surge in RSV illness among children. Here’s why.
A number of young children are being hospitalized because of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, and it’s happening at an unusual time of year and among older children than in years past. COVID-19 is likely to blame. RSV infections and related emergency-room visits and hospitalizations are nearing seasonal peaks in some U.S. regions, according to…