A simulation model designed by researchers at the University of Washington predicts an additional 100,000 Americans will die of COVID-19 by Jan. 1, 2022, which would bring the total death toll to 776,000, the AP reported. Vaccines could have made a difference. Sixty-fou...
In addition, colds do not lead to life-threatening illnesses like pneumonia, but severe infections with influenza viruses can lead to pneumonia or even death. Flu vs. cold Compared with most other viral respiratory infections, such as the common cold, influenza (flu) infection usually causes a ...
Seasonal flu activity “remains elevated” in most parts of the U.S., according to the latest update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with the country still seeing elevated levels of COVID-19 and RSV activity as well....
COVID-19High risk of deathInfluenzaSimultaneous circulationViral cooperationBased on data updated to May 20, 2020, in Italy the total recorded number of patients who died due to COVID-19-related reasons is 31,851. Demographic and clinical characteristics of died patients (including the number of...
"Patients admitted to hospital in Ontario with COVID-19 had a 3.5 times greater risk of death, 1.5 times greater use of the ICU, and 1.5 times longer hospital stays than patients admitted with influenza," he said in a journal news release. These patients were also more likely to be put...
skipping COVID vaccine Less than half of Americans plan to get COVID or flu vaccines this year, survey finds 01:30 The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday it had broadened the approval of the FluMist nasal spray to become the first "self-administered" influenza vaccine— though a...
COVID and flu can both lead to serious illnesses, such aspneumoniaand death. But COVID can also cause other problems, such as abnormal blood clotting and long COVID, even in people with mild symptoms. How Is the Flu Spread? Flu viruses enter your body through the mucus membranes of your...
A new study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) found that the risk of death from COVID-19 was 3.5 times higher than from influenza.
Not only was the death toll from Spanish Flu likely much higher, but it also killed on average far younger people than has COVID-19. According to theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the average age of a Spanish Flu victim was just 28. Theaverage age of a COVID-19 vi...
Flu vs. cold Compared with most other viral respiratory infections, such as the common cold, influenza (flu) infection usually causes a more severe illness with a mortality rate (death rate) of about 0.1% of people infected with the virus. Cold symptoms (for example, sore throat, runny nose...