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Flu cases rise again, while COVID takes a back seat

8:19am February 07, 2025

It's an unusual winter for respiratory illnesses. The flu is peaking twice: once in early January and again in February. Meanwhile, it's the mildest COVID winter since the pandemic began.

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COVID-19 vaccines are prepared at a clinic in Lynwood, Calif. on Friday. Oct. 28, 2022. MARK J. TERRILL/AP

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Triad area hospitals institute visitor restrictions amid wave of respiratory illness

2:51pm January 13, 2025

by Santiago Ochoa

Hospitals are trying to slow the spread of respiratory viruses during peak cold and flu season.

Winter illnesses return with a vengeance

5:00am January 08, 2025

by Michel Martin

The annual winter respiratory virus season is in full force. The number of people catching the flu is skyrocketing, while COVID-19, RSV and other respiratory viral illnesses are also rising.

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COVID cases are rising but hospitalizations and deaths are lower than last year's respiratory virus season.

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Flu and COVID are on the rise, but there are fewer severe COVID cases than last year

7:19pm January 05, 2024

by Pien Huang

Flu is rising, and COVID levels are higher than last season's peak. But COVID hospitalizations and deaths are down. Nonetheless, COVID is still the most dangerous virus circulating.

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RSV has likely peaked in Triad as flu and COVID-19 cases increase

3:59pm January 05, 2024

by Bethany Chafin

As the respiratory viral season picks up, local infectious disease expert Dr. Christopher Ohl gave an update Friday on three major viruses health care providers are seeing.

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Amid uptick in RSV cases, Cone Health announces new restrictions at some locations

4:38pm November 14, 2023

by Bethany Chafin

Due to an increase in RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, the Cone Health system announced new masking requirements and visitor restrictions at some of its locations Tuesday.

Flu and COVID-19 vaccinations are now available across the U.S., including at this CVS pharmacy in Palatine, Illinois.

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A seasonal viral stew is brewing with flu, RSV, COVID and more

2:38pm October 21, 2023

by Pien Huang

National data shows COVID-19 levels are moderate. In most of the U.S., levels of other respiratory viruses are low, although RSV is ticking up in some southeastern states.

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An electron micrograph of Respiratory Syncytial Virus, also known as RSV, which is the leading cause of hospitalizations among infants in the U.S.

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Pfizer's RSV vaccine to protect babies gets greenlight from FDA

5:39pm August 21, 2023

by Sydney Lupkin

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first vaccine for expectant mothers to shield their babies from RSV.

RSV can be dangerous for infants. A new treatment to prevent the respiratory illness is on track to be available this fall.

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RSV prevention shot for babies gets OK from CDC

9:52am August 05, 2023

by Pien Huang

The monoclonal antibody drug prevents the lung infection that puts 58,000 to 80,000 young children in the hospital each year.

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The first vaccine to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, moved a step toward approval by the Food and Drug Administration with positive votes Thursday from a panel of experts.

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FDA advisers support approval of RSV vaccine to protect infants

5:53pm May 18, 2023

by Scott Hensley

At least 58,000 childern younger than 5 years old are hospitalized each year with RSV infections. A Pfizer vaccine given to pregnant people could help protect their infants from severe RSV illness.

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