Health & Fitness:Medicine
What's RSV again? The *other* winter virus that's hitting hard
2023-07-11
Download
Right click and do "save link as"
It's the depths of winter, and every second person you know has a cold of some sort.
Most are mild but some can hit hard - as we all know from COVID and influenza. But what about the third virus in the unholy trinity of winter bugs?
RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, is tracking a lot higher than usual for this time of year.
Who's most at risk, how can you protect yourself, and how much do the numbers have to do with increased testing overall? Oh, and what does "syncytial" even mean?
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
More Episodes
Can Omicron evade our vaccines?
2021-12-01
2021-12-01
The three theories of Omicron's origin
2021-11-29
2021-11-29
Hello Omicron. Goodbye Delta?
2021-11-28
2021-11-28
How does COVID rank against other pandemics?
2021-11-25
2021-11-25
Will vaccination cause new variants?
2021-11-23
2021-11-23
Why it's not worth waiting for Novavax
2021-11-21
2021-11-21
Why is Indigenous vaccination so patchy?
2021-11-18
2021-11-18
Don't be scared of bird flu headlines... yet
2021-11-17
2021-11-17
The NT's worst local COVID-19 day ever
2021-11-16
2021-11-16
One week until SA throws open the doors
2021-11-15
2021-11-15
Let's dust off the crystal ball!
2021-11-09
2021-11-09
Keeping schools open through COVID outbreaks
2021-11-08
2021-11-08
A lot of little kids are getting COVID. Why?
2021-11-07
2021-11-07
How many people have really died from COVID?
2021-11-04
2021-11-04
Get this podcast on your
phone, FREE
