While flu continues to ramp up, RSV has shown signs of slowing nationwide, but test positivity rates are still higher than they've been in years, and cumulative hospitalization rates are about 10 times higher than typical for this point in the season. Less than two...
COVID-19 hospitalization rates arestill elevated for the oldest and youngest Americans. Those aged 65 and older have the highest weekly rate at 13.9 per 100,000 followed by those aged 50 to 64 at 3.1 per 100,000 and those aged 0 to 4 at 2.7 per 100,000. ...
RSV activity is showing signs of slowing in some parts of the US, but many measures, including hospitalization rates, remain elevated. Overall, young children and older adults are most affected. "It's a wave of winter respiratory pathogens, especially respiratory viruses. So it's Covid, it...
Although flu vaccination estimates among adults and children are similar to early estimates from last season for all age groups, CDC is looking carefully at vaccination rates for children and for adults ages 50 years and older. Concern about vaccination among older adults is prompted by detection o...
From November to December 2023, US hospitalization rates increased by 200% for influenza, 51% for COVID-19, and 60% for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) among all age groups, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory. Amid growing concern, the CDC issued the...
(HealthDay)—Requiring the flu vaccination for child care admission seems to have increased vaccination rates and led to lower hospitalization rates for influenza in young children, according to a report published in the March 7 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention'sMorbid...
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the United States' National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said there have been reports of spot shortages of the generic version of Tamiflu, as a result of the flu hitting everywhere all at once. The CDC said the hospitalization rate for...
The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations declined slightly in the most recent week, according to numbers released Friday. COVID-19 hospitalizations remain lower than at the same time last year, while adults over 65 continue to have the highest rates of hospitalization. ...
“And this week for the first time, we have data on initial hospitalizations,” Brammer said. “The range of hospitalization is still low, however. As you would suspect with a H3N2 season, thehighest rate right now is in the elderly.” ...
However, hospitalization rates during the Omicron wave in children 5 and older were worse than those seen during flu seasons. Data presented to the CDC's advisers also suggests vaccination may blunt the risk of long COVID symptoms in children. Clearing the Moderna shots for older kids could ...