The Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre is offering the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccine to infants who do not have a family doctor. NP and RNAO member Erin Fleischer, who works in the clinic, says RSV can make children extremely sick. “The vast majority of kids who are admitted to hospital with RSV are otherwise healthy, term babies,” she suggests. “They have no other underlying medical conditions that would make them at risk.” In fact, “The healthy population can be just as affected as our high-risk population,” Fleischer adds. The hospital hopes that boosting uptake of the RSV vaccine will help take pressure off emergency departments, urgent care, doctor’s offices and walk-in clinics. (London Free Press, Nov. 4)