Texas Doctors Say Respiratory Infections Other Than COVID-19 Filling Up Pediatric Wards

Dallas TX

26 August, 2021

11:39 AM

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CBS Dallas/Fort Worth August 26, 2021 In the midst of a pandemic hospitals across Texas are also dealing with other infections that are sickening residents and sending many to already crowded medical centers. Texas Children's Hospital is seeing a surge of coronavirus cases — nearly all of them caused by the Delta variant. Not only are kids showing up in greater numbers, but they're sicker, too. On top of it, many are infected with a second virus at the same time — usually respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.