The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that 23 infants have been hospitalized near Nashville, Tennessee, from parechovirus, a viral infection that can cause severe illness in babies under the age of 3 months.
A recent report from the CDC this week found that between April 12 and May 24 of 2022, nearly two dozen infants were taken to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville to receive parechovirus treatment. The infants, described by the agency as “previously healthy,” were between the ages of 5 days to 3 months.
Parechovirus is a sepsis-like enterovirus that causes more significant symptoms in young children and infants, potentially posing a life-threatening risk for children under 3 months of age. There is no cure, and treatment is given to alleviate symptoms….