STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- With medical practitioners across the country reporting a spike in Respiratory Symctial Virus (RSV) over the last few weeks, physicians from both Staten Island hospitals said RSV hospitalization cases among preschoolers has at least doubled since last year.

Dr. Brian McMahon, chairman of the department of pediatrics at Richmond University Medical Center, said he has treated many pediatricy patients with RSV -- a virus, that when more severe, often mimics symptoms of asthma -- that has led to hospitalization.

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