Flu is on the rise while RSV infections may be peaking, US health officials say

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Source: AP

NEW YORK (AP) — Flu is picking up steam while RSV lung infections that can hit kids and older people hard may be peaking, U.S. health officials said Friday.

COVID-19, though, continues to cause the most hospitalizations and deaths among respiratory illnesses — about 15,000 hospitalizations and about 1,000 deaths every week, said Dr. Mandy Cohen, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The agency is also looking into reports of pneumonia outbreaks in children in two states, but Cohen said “there is no evidence” that they are due to anything unusual.

As for the flu season, seven states were reporting high levels of flu-like illnesses in early November. In a new CDC report on Friday, the agency said the tally was up to 11 states — mostly in the South and Southwest.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/flu-season-covid-e89147cb8da5580dd470f75ab6526e45

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. It is flu season, after all.

[Kennah]

2. Daughter called her GYN today. Pre-recorded message was updated saying masks are again required in office.

[Backseat Driver]

3. We also have an apparent outbreak of "mycoplasma pneumonia" in Warren County, OH.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/what-is-mycoplasma-pneumonia-the-illness-driving-an-outbreak-in-ohio/ar-AA1kOdHF
Story by Aria Bendix and Jessica Herzberg •
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An Ohio county is experiencing a pediatric outbreak of pneumonia, including a number of cases of mycoplasma pneumonia, the illness that has driven recent outbreaks among children in Denmark and China.

The Warren County Health District said Thursday that it has had an unusually high number of pediatric pneumonia cases this fall: 145 since August. The average patient is around 8 years old, according to the district, and the most common symptoms have been cough, fever and fatigue. No deaths have been reported, and the illnesses are no more severe than in previous years, the district said in a news release.

At the same time, cases of mycoplasma pneumonia have reached epidemic levels in Denmark and contributed to a surge of hospital admissions in China. Taiwan’s health ministry said Thursday that older adults, young children and people with poor immunity should avoid travel to mainland China, Hong Kong or Macao because of the rise in respiratory illnesses there, which also include rises in flu, adenovirus and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. (snip)

Read more at link or search and browse for other older articles about this type of "walking pneumonia."

[dembotoz]

4. getting a vax is simple as shit

and they are free.....

[Martin68]

5. I got my COVID, FLU and RSV shots all at the same time a couple of weeks ago. No

side effects other than a sore arm for a day.