Respiratory virus season is in full gear, with flu admissions rising quickly in recent weeks, according to the latest national data from the CDC. Fourteen states reported high levels of flu-like illness during the week ending Dec. 13. Of those,…
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Influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus infections are rising across the U.S., and in New York, an emerging flu strain is affecting healthcare sites particularly hard. Leaders of Northwell Health, a 28-hospital system based in New Hyde Park, N.Y., said…
Measles outbreaks are worsening in several states as the virus spreads nationwide, threatening the disease’s elimination status in the U.S. Five things to know: 1. As of Dec. 9, the CDC had confirmed 1,912 measles cases in 42 states —…
Breaking from a position it held for 34 years, the CDC said Dec. 16 it recommends shared decision-making between parents and clinicians on whether to administer the first hepatitis B vaccine to infants whose mothers test negative for the virus. …
Flu-related hospitalizations have surged to their third-highest weekly rate for this point in the season in 15 years, according to CDC data. For the week ending Dec. 6, the cumulative flu hospitalization rate was 6.9 per 100,000 population — nearly…
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Flu hospitalizations are at the third-highest level seen at this point in the season in 15 years, according to the CDC’s latest FluView report. The cumulative flu hospitalization rate for the week ending Dec. 6 reached 6.9 per 100,000, ranking…
COVID-19 vaccines sharply reduced children’s risk of emergency department and urgent care visits in the first six months after vaccination, according to a Dec. 11 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC analyzed data from more…
The U.S. suicide rate ticked down in 2024 after reaching its highest level in more than 80 years, according to provisional CDC data released Dec. 9. Last year’s age-adjusted suicide rate was 13.7 deaths per 100,000 people, down from 14.1…
Multiple states and major medical societies say they will continue to universally recommend hepatitis B vaccination for newborns in a break with newly revised guidance from the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The ACIP committee voted Dec. 5 to…
President Donald Trump has directed HHS and the CDC to conduct a review of childhood vaccine recommendations abroad, aiming to align U.S. guidance with best practices from “peer, developed countries.” The directive came via a memorandum the president signed Dec.…