Tag: Infants

Malaysia’s ecosystem approach to tackle respiratory syncytial virus

September 6, 2023
Malaysia's ecosystem approach to tackle respiratory syncytial virus

In Malaysia, RSV is one of the most prevalent respiratory viruses, primarily infecting children under three years old. To raise awareness of this relatively unknown respiratory infection, healthcare experts recently convened at a media roundtable titled ‘Taking a Closer Look […]

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Infants have higher metabolism than adolescents or adults

August 17, 2021

New research related to metabolism and energy expenditure carried out by an international team of scientists have some surprising revelations: infants – not adolescents – have the highest metabolic rates across the entire lifespan; after the initial surge in infancy, […]

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