Syncytial virus of newborns, 20% of those who fall ill end up in intensive care

“There is no disease against which we are so powerless as in the case of respiratory syncytial virus infections.” To admit it is Massimo Resti, pediatrician and director of the Interdisciplinary Specialized Department of the AOU Meyer in Florence who in recent weeks has been stormed by parents worried because their newborns could no longer breathe. Last November, more visits to the emergency room at the Florentine hospital than in recent years combined.