Flu Season
Advocate Aurora Health Reports No Flu Cases So Far This Season – NBC Chicago
In dramatic contrast to previous years, Downers Grove-based Advocate Aurora Health has reported zero positive flu cases across its 26 hospitals since September 2020, the health system announced Sunday. In Illinois and on a national scale, the flu has virtually disappeared, with reports coming in at far lower levels than anything seen in decades. Out …
Health Officials Report ‘Practically Nonexistent’ Flu Season – NBC Chicago
Though the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread throughout the U.S., health officials reported a virtually “nonexistent” influenza season. Officials prepared for the possibility of a “twin pandemic” involving COVID-19 and influenza, University of Wisconsin Health said, though data shows it seems to have not arrived. “While we are not out of respiratory season yet, UW …
Talking Low Flu Numbers & Emergency Departments – NBC Connecticut
The flu season is underway and yet the state totals are trending below normal for this time of the year. This time last year, Connecticut’s Department of Public Health reported more than 278 hospitalizations, five deaths, and 4.83% of the patients coming in had a flu-like illness. This year, DPH has just 10 hospitalizations, one …
Baltimore County Health Officials Call On Faith-Based Institutions To Help Curb COVID-19 Spread – CBS Baltimore
TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — Baltimore County health officials issued a health notice Monday to faith-based institutions, calling for their help to curb the spread of COVID-19 and the flu season. “Faith-based institutions are a stronghold in the community,” said Doctor Gregory Wm. Branch, Baltimore County’s Health Officer. Branch encouraged institutions to remind their parishioners to …
Health Officials Brace for Dual Impacts of Flu Season, COVID-19 Pandemic – NBC Boston
As flu season approaches during the coronavirus pandemic, health officials are bracing for what could be a difficult stretch. With children are starting to go back to school, local and national health experts are warning that people need to remain vigilant to prevent a repeat of the COVID-19 surges we saw last spring. “We are …
