News10 in Albany reports that New York State is seeing an increase in cases of Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV. Since late October, case rates are increasing at a faster rate than COVID-19. Dr. Nosa Aigbe Lebarty, of CentralMed Urgent Care, said, “Before it used to be mostly only kids, but now it’s everyone.... Both adults, children, as well as geriatric patients. So everybody —- no one is immune to RSV at all.” RSV can be deadly if it turns into pneumonia. Dr. James McDonald, New York State’s Health Commissioner, said, “One thing I’d remind my peers who are 60 and older and have an underlying medical condition— look at the RSV vaccine for you.... One thing we did in New York that is different than in any other state, as far as I know, is we’ve allowed every pharmacy to have RSV vaccine and give it.” Read more about this story at News10 in Albany.