Last year, hospitals across New Mexico became overwhelmed by respiratory syncytial virus. Now, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug to combat hospitalizations and keep kids healthy.
“The younger you are, the more affected you can be from this virus,” Advertisement
Hospitals in New Mexico could not believe the cases flooding through their doors, but this year, experts hope it’s different.
“It is absolutely exciting I think for every pediatrician out there who has dealt with this seasonal RSV,” Dr. Anna Duran with the University of New Mexico Hospital said.
This new drug, Beyfortus, will not only help lift some of the stress doctors deal with, but also keep hospitalizations down. It would be given to babies that come through hospitals, and would reduce hospitalizations by 75 percent.
“This is going to be a game changer for the number of children who require hospitalization, due to RSV or respiratory syncytial virus,” Duran said.
The season for RSV starts around October and dies down around March. Newborns up to one of age or born during RSV season are eligible for this drug.
Last year, hospitals across New Mexico became overwhelmed by respiratory syncytial virus. Now, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug to combat hospitalizations and keep kids healthy.
“The younger you are, the more affected you can be from this virus,”
Advertisement Hospitals in New Mexico could not believe the cases flooding through their doors, but this year, experts hope it’s different.
“It is absolutely exciting I think for every pediatrician out there who has dealt with this seasonal RSV,” Dr. Anna Duran with the University of New Mexico Hospital said.
This new drug, Beyfortus, will not only help lift some of the stress doctors deal with, but also keep hospitalizations down
Problem is the true benefits will be seen if we convert all cash assitance to a citizens income. No one losing out because they can't navigate the beuracracy and only a minimal staff is needed for issues with no "work" being done to determine if they are eligible.
I hope we see more of this, including at the national level. When you’re living in poverty it’s easy to make choices out of desperation rather than what might be a positive medium or long-term step. Simply knowing that you don’t need to worry about the bare minimum amount of money can be life-changing. We really need to move beyond the brutalist notion that what the impoverished really need is to feel the pain of their lack and that this is what will motivate them. It’s a cruel notion and what’s more, it doesn’t even work.
Okay sure but who's going to fill up all the for-profit prisons and act as military gun fodder? Won't somebody please think about the military industrial complex??
America has become so low on the taking care of our own scale that we have nowhere to go but up. I think this opens up the possibility of us putting in more programs at a local level. We all have to do our part and not expect people to swoop in and take care of us. We also have become numb to nothing happening with our federal government, we can’t give into that. It’s our local levels that make the difference, that’s why the nazis, evangelicals classists, and/or racists go after those first.
There are currently 47 active guaranteed income initiatives across the country, almost half of which target mothers and low-income people. Policymakers have also recently greenlit guaranteed income pilot programs in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Harris County, Texas, and Rochester, New York. While some of these programs are income based or target those impacted by racial inequity, others target different marginalized groups, like Durham, North Carolina’s cash assistance pilot for formerly incarcerated people.
Advocates across the board say guaranteed income programs uplift their participants and provide them autonomy. Research suggests that these programs, including the expanded child tax credit, enhance participants’ well-being, self-determination, and financial stability.
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