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A respiratory disease known as parvovirus B19 is on the rise in the U.S. among all age groups, according to a recent advisory from the U.
S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC issued the health alert on Aug.
13 after European public health authorities reported "unusually" high numbers of cases in 14 countries during the first quarter of 2024, the advisory said. The virus typically causes a blotchy rash on the cheeks that appears as if someone has slapped them — hence its nickname, "slapped cheek disease." WITH MPOX A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN AFRICA, WHAT YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT INCREASED VIRUS RISK "Parvovirus can be a very mild infection in many people, but if you are pregnant or are immunocompromised in any way, you are at a much greater risk of serious illness," Dr.
Aaron Glatt, chief of infectious diseases at Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital on Long Island, New York, told Fox News Digital. What is parvovirus B19? Parvovirus B19 is a virus that can be easily spread by respiratory droplets in the air after an infected person coughs or sneezes, according to the CDC. A respiratory disease known as parvovirus B19 is on the rise in the U.
S. among all age groups, according to a recent advisory from the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (iStock) Children are often infected at school and spread it to other kids through close personal contact, then later to a.