A little recognized virus with a big impact
The Galveston County Daily News, Nov. 11, 2025
Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel take a look at respiratory syncytial virus RSV, a little-known but common and highly contagious respiratory virus that can cause serious disease in people over 60, infants and young children. Niesel and Herzog report on a new study that found that “those in the RSV infection group were 2.7 times more likely to have died than those in the control group.”