By Ethan Covey
Cases of acute respiratory illness (ARI) among children and adolescents, including enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), have been on the rise, according to a new report from the CDC.
It is the first time that high levels of EV-D68 circulation and EV-D68–associated severe illness in children have been observed in the United States since 2018 (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2022;71[40];1265-1270).
“In previous years, a rise in EV-D68 coincided with increases in children needing