Relative to people of healthy weight, those with class 3 obesity were 3 times more likely to be hospitalized for or die of infection.
The loss of activity is equivalent to 15% of the US population becoming completely immobile for 1 day.
Adult COVID-19 patients also infected with the flu are 4 times more likely to need mechanical ventilation and 2.4 times more likely to die.
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Eight more children died of influenza this week, bringing the season total to 52.
The authors recommend using portable air purifiers that stir up and clean the air or, in the case of close contact, wearing an N95 respirator.
The CDC estimates 19,000,000 illnesses, 250,000 hospitalizations, and 10,000 deaths due to flu this season.
In the 2024-25 flu season, state officials noted 441 influenza-related deaths and the state's highest level of influenza-like illness ever recorded.
ICE raids are leading a growing number of people across the state to cancel important and even life-saving medical appointments.
Cases rise as government leaders minimize the need for vaccines.
But vaccine uptake was suboptimal, particularly for the flu vaccine.
The CDC says 5,000 people nationwide have died from influenza so far this season.
Officials don't know what caused gastrointestinal illness in 95 passengers and 9 crew on the Celebrity Eclipse in late December.
More than 50 counties in Arkansas have logged at least one case of whooping cough.
