The 2024 RSV Awareness Week begins on Sunday.
This Sunday marks the beginning of the second annual , an initiative aiming to increase awareness of the severity of the virus and the steps that can be made to prevent it.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a highly contagious virus that causes seasonal outbreaks in infants and young children, usually during the winter months.
Last year AMA President Professor .
“Our son almost succumbed to an RSV infection as a toddler ― he was incredibly ill and had a couple of weeks in hospital. It was the worst experience for my family that I still think we haven’t gotten over. Even now I get emotional just thinking about it. Every day I feel so incredibly lucky to watch him grow into the young man he is,” he wrote.
