Children's hospitals are filling up across the country with respiratory syncytial virus patients, and the numbers are much higher than usual for this time of year. The virus is targeting kids in the Phoenix area, too.
According to officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, infants six months and younger are getting hospitalized at seven times the rate observed before the COVID-19 Pandemic. FOX 10's Stephanie Bennett reports.
Nationally, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services show that more than 75% of pediatric hospital beds are in use, up from an average of about 66% over the past two years.In Phoenix, doctors at Phoenix Children's Hospital say RSV hit them earlier than normal.
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