Metro Atlanta Seeing Off-Season Surge Of Respiratory Syncytial Virus In Kids
Usually RSV cases tick upward in winter months, but this year there is a growing number of cases in Atlanta ahead of summer. Separately a South Georgia detention center has failed to track consent for women suffering unwanted medical procedures. Other state news comes from Texas, West Virginia, Oklahoma and California.
11 Alive:
RSV Child Respiratory Illness Spreading In Metro Atlanta
Doctors at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta are spreading the word: RSV is circulating in Atlanta. Respiratory syncytial virus typically affects babies and toddlers in their first one to two years of life, and while cases typically pop up over the winter months, experts are seeing a different trend this year. “We’ve gotten this significant uptick in RSV here,” Dr. Matt Linam, infectious disease physician at Children’s and associate professor of pediatric infectious diseases at Emory University School of Medicine, explained. “We’re seeing it here at Children’s, as well as they’re seeing in children’s hospitals across the country.” (Lucas, 6/4)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
At Georgia Immigration Jail, Warnings About Women’s Medical Care Went Unheeded
Federal immigration officials failed to monitor medical treatment at a South Georgia detention center where dozens of women say they…
