This past November, the hospital reported zero positive cases.
This year, local and Texas state data reveal a near absence of RSV, and according to the CDC, this pattern is being observed throughout the country.
NBC 5 Health Reporter Bianca Castro talked with Dr. Jeffrey Kahn, Chief of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Health in Dallas and Professor at UT Southwestern, on the trend and on the COVID-19 vaccine in children.
RSV accounts for up to 199,000 global deaths per year in children less than 5 years old and is the third most common cause of death, secondary to pneumonia in this age group.