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What are preventative measures you can take to avoid RSV? The CDC recommends washing hands and avoiding close contact with others.

Parechoviruses are common childhood viruses that cause symptoms ranging from respiratory illness to fever and rash.

Israeli authorities say they have detected the country’s first case of monkeypox in a man who returned from abroad and were looking into other suspected cases. Israel’s Health Ministry said late Saturday the man was in a Tel Aviv hospital in good condition. It called on anyone returning from abroad with fever and lesions to see a doctor. The World...

It’s been two weeks since the heavily mutated omicron coronavirus variant was first detected in South Africa. Now it’s spreading in Massachusetts. A lot of questions remain unanswered about the variant. Experts are scrambling to gain a better understanding of omicron, including the severity of illness it can cause, as it continues to spread across the globe. NBC10 Boston...

Three top Boston doctors explain what they’ve learned about the new omicron variant and what it means for Massachusetts.

Politicians and medical experts in Massachusetts are urging people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 amid growing concern over the omicron variant, but whether the vaccines protect against the new strain remains unclear. First detected in South Africa, the highly mutated variant has been found in 24 countries so far. Federal officials confirmed the first case in the United States on Wednesday….

Three top Boston doctors explain what the new omicron variant is, whether it’s already in the U.S., what the symptoms are and if vaccines protect against it on the weekly “COVID Q&A” series.

As kids return to school while COVID-19 cases rise, RSV is also spreading in some parts of the country.