Unprecedented RSV surge causes U.S. hospitals to run out of beds


By Xia Lin

NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- The unprecedented surge of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases has caused children's hospitals across the United States to run out of beds, U.S. media reported.

"It is hitting us pretty severe. Especially for being this early in the season," Michael Bauer of Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, a community-based hospital in Illinois, was quoted by ABC7 as saying.

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