Seventeen states are reporting that more than 80% of their pediatric hospital beds are full, while seven states are near capacity.
Pediatric health experts are sounding alarms regarding a surge in respiratory viruses among children, with more than three-quarters of pediatric hospital beds now full as respiratory syncytial virus cases hit more than double the number of infants who were affected last year.
the administration to declare a public health emergency, which would give hospitals flexibility to free up beds.that it would not declare an emergency, only saying Thursday that officials were"ready to provide assistance to communities who are in need of help on a case-by-case basis.
Brown is deploying volunteer medical teams to help hospitals cope with the surge in RSV cases, even as hospitals in several other states were even more overwhelmed with cases this week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 171 out of every 100,000 infants younger than six months were hospitalized for RSV, which is common but can be dangerous for babies in that age group, for the week ending November 12. The current hospitalization rate is more than double the 2021 rate, and more than seven times the rate in 2018.toldthat the surge in cases has partially been caused by the abandonment of public health measures including masking and social distancing.
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