RSV

COVID, RSV and the flu are are on the horizon.

Patients will need to wear masks in exam rooms, but not in waiting rooms or elevators.

Many medical systems still have not updated their policies as respiratory illnesses rise.

There are three main vaccines people should be considering this year.

The veteran public health advocate discusses the latest news, including the imminent availability of a new RSV vaccine and why older adults, especially, should get it; the FDA's approval of a new pill to treat post-partum depression; and how AI could play a useful role in medicine.

The illness hit children hard this past winter.

One pediatric infectious disease specialist with the University of Maryland says that norovirus, commonly known as the stomach flu, is on the rise and low immunity may cause it to spread fast.

Dr. David Marcozzi, one expert inside the University of Maryland Medical Center is among the thousands of doctors who are urging patients to get two vaccines — COVID-19 and flu shots — despite appetites for vaccines dwindling.

The emergency physician and public health advocate discusses the latest on continuing RSV, flu and COVID-19 threats, and answers your health questions.

Early steep spikes of both RSV and the flu, combined with a burgeoning swell of COVID-19 cases, indicate that this moment has now arrived in Maryland.