Pediatric intensive care units (ICUs) have returned to their old normal autumnal. After a couple of years of a certain disorder In the ecosystem of respiratory viruses due to the spread of COVID, the respiratory syncytial virus, which causes most cases of bronchiolitis in young children, has reappeared in its usual season, just before winter. The circulation of this microorganism is on the rise, and with it, the rise in respiratory infections that are filling pediatric hospital units. A European study published last week in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine estimated that one in every 56 healthy, full-term (not premature) babies who suffer from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection ends up in the hospital. The authors suggest that vaccinating pregnant or breastfeeding women in the first year of life could reduce the health burden by preventing the most aggressive effects of this virus.
