Here's Why RSV Is Sending So Many Sick Kids to Hospitals, Putting Them at Capacity

A serious surge in cases of RSV, the common children’s virus, is hampering pediatric hospitals in Massachusetts and across the country, increasing wait times at hospitals and sending administrators scrambling to ensure kids are getting the care they need to get better. The surge, which began in late summer, is intense — Mass General Brigham, the state’s biggest health care…