Biden administration continues to dodge calls from pediatric doctors to declare RSV outbreak a national health emergency

As the outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) continues to strain pediatric hospital beds across the country, the Biden administration continues to dodge calls from the medical community to declare the outbreak a national health emergency that would provide them with additional resources to battle the outbreak similar to those that were provided during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

RSV has historically been one of the most common viruses to infect children, and health experts say that almost all children are infected with it at least once before...