While the community spread of COVID-19 is still low in Montgomery County, Maryland, health officials said the combination of RSV, the flu and the coronavirus is boosting emergency room visits and hospitalizations. While the community spread of COVID-19 is still low in Montgomery County, Maryland, health officials said the combination of RSV, the flu and … Read more
One of the nation’s top hospitals announced on Thursday, Nov. 10, that it is at capacity and is reducing elective surgeries due to an unusually high number of patients with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Another nearby hospital is having similar issues. Massachusetts General for Children, located in Boston, said that in the first 10 days of November … Read more
Meg and Scott knew something was going on with their son Kyle when, during the pandemic, he began refusing to get out of bed to attend class online. Up until then, Kyle had been like a dream son: tall, good-looking, strong, athletic, with a great sense of humor. He was such a good baseball player … Read more
Poultry farmers in the United Kingdom are calling for their government to issue a nationwide housing order for chickens and captive birds after a bird flu outbreak last month. Currently, parts of the U.K., including Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex, already have a housing order for all poultry, which requires owners to keep their birds indoors … Read more
Dr Anthony Fauci is warning of a twindemic this winter as cases of the flu surge in the US – quadrupling over the past two months – but Covid numbers falter. Dr Anthony Fauci (pictured) is warning that it is too early for Americans to let their guard down to Covid and the flu this … Read more
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – So far, New York State has recorded 600 flu cases less than two weeks since the official start of the season. News10NBC talked to one local doctor who warns not to wait to get vaccinated. Doctors say after getting the flu shot it takes about a week for it to kick in. … Read more
Influenza cases are rising in the United States as the country prepares for a potentially severe season. During the week ending Oct. 1– the latest date for which data is available — there were 969 cases of influenza A and 52 cases of influenza B reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. What’s … Read more
Concerns grow over rising flu cases amid pandemic ABC News Is flu making a comeback? New York issues public health warning over ‘early and aggressive’ outbreak Daily Mail Growing concerns over rising flu cases amid the pandemic WHAS11 NY issues flu warning as cases spike FOX 5 New York How the midterm elections could affect the COVID response The Hill … Read more
With winter weather just around the corner, the first hints of another wave of COVID-19 have emerged in Europe, according to data released by the World Health Organization this week. Infections across Europe — the majority of them caused by omicron subvariants that dominated the summer months — have been steadily climbing in several nations, … Read more
Authorities said the severe form of pneumonia was found in workers at a manufacturing facility. That facility has not been publicly identified. COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s top health agency is investigating cases of recently-identified Legionnaires’ disease in Richland County. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced in a health advisory … Read more
U.S. could have a bad flu season The CDC is sounding the alarm about this flu season and is urging everyone eligible to get a flu shot. NEW YORK – The New York State Department of Health is warning that flu cases are widespread across the state. There have already been 596 laboratory-confirmed cases of … Read more
With many in the gay community clamoring for the monkeypox vaccine this summer, hoping for protection from a virus that causes painful and gruesome lesions, the United States faced a challenge. “The monkeypox virus has continued to spread at a rate that has made it clear our current vaccine supply will not meet the current … Read more
CLEVELAND (WJW) – “Mommy I don’t feel good.” They are five words that generate a lot of questions. The main one, where does it hurt? It’s hard to pinpoint when the symptoms of a virus like Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV sounds like so many other conditions that crop up in children. With a severe … Read more
Using a new model for projecting the number of people with Type 1 diabetes worldwide, members of an international team of researchers estimate up to 17.4 million cases by 2040, double the number of people known to have the disease today. A study published in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology says 8.4 million people now … Read more
Both Covid and flu could surge this winter causing a dreaded ‘twindemic’, experts fear — with some southern states already feeling the early stages of an influenza resurgence. The flu was largely wiped out over the past two years of the pandemic when lockdowns, working from home and the far more transmissible coronavirus limited its … Read more
Even though 60% of the people who have gotten monkeypox in Michigan so far are Black, 70% of the doses of the vaccine that can prevent infection or limit symptoms after exposure have gone to white Michiganders. Black residents have gotten just 17% of the doses administered so far in Michigan, new state health department … Read more
Syphilis is making a comeback in the United States. In 2021, total cases of the sexually transmitted disease surged by 27 percent to more than 171,000, and the rate reached a 30-year high, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The spike is part of a concerning trend of rising … Read more
New Jersey on Saturday reported another 2,189 confirmed COVID-19 cases and nine confirmed deaths as the number of positive tests rose over last month. The state’s seven-day average for confirmed coronavirus positive tests is 1,813, a 23% increase from a week ago and a 4% increase from a month ago. The rate of transmission was … Read more
Hospitals across the Twin Cities are seeing a rise in enterovirus cases in children. This is in line with a recent alert from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is reporting increases of pediatric hospitalizations related to enterovirus and rhinovirus. “I’ve never seen anything like this before. It was very scary,” said Alexa … Read more
Health officials say the flu and COVID-19 could be making a comeback in the U.S, creating what’s called a twindemic. It’s already been seen in the Southern Hemisphere, which is an indication of what we can expect in the fall and winter months. Doctors say for the last two years flu cases decreased because of … Read more