Children’s hospitals call on Biden to declare emergency in response to ‘unprecedented’ RSV surge

 KEY POINTS

• The Children’s Hospital Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics told the Biden administration that “unprecedented levels” of RSV combined with increasing flu circulation are pushing some hospitals to the breaking point.
• They asked the federal government to declare an emergency to provide hospitals with added flexibility to meet the surge.
• Infants 6 months and younger are getting hospitalized with RSV at seven times the rate observed before the Covid-19 pandemic in 2018, according to CDC data.
• Biden asked to declare emergency over RSV, flu kids hospitalizations (cnbc.com)