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CDC Issues Health Alert on Virus that Affects Newborns, Young Babies in US

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert to inform hospitals and doctors that parechovirus, a virus that can cause severe symptoms among young infants and newborns, is “currently circulating in the United States.” On Twitter, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky made note of the alert on Tuesday and wrote that…


CDC Issues Health Alert on Virus that Affects US Newborns, Infants

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health alert to inform hospitals and doctors that a virus called parechovirus that can cause severe symptoms among young infants and newborns, is “currently circulating in the United States.” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky made note of the alert on July 12, writing on Twitter that…