A total of 11% of RSV patients experienced a cardiac event, abnormal heart rhythm, heart failure, or ischemic heart disease.
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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Alabama officials have received results on samples collected from one of the state's recently announced avian flu outbreaks, indicating low-pathogenic H7N9 detected in guinea fowl at the TaCo-Bet Trade Day flea market in Jackson County.
Though fewer states report high flu activity, the CDC confirms 8 new flu deaths in kids.
Three more children and one more adult have been infected by harmful Escherichia coli linked to an Illinois company's soy nut butter products, bringing to 16 the number of confirmed cases in an expanding national outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday in an update as the company expanded its recall.
Six more children died from flu last week, bringing the season's pediatric death total to 40.
Neuraminidase inhibitors, the antiviral drugs given to fight and prevent influenza, pose no safety risks to fetuses or newborns, according to a new study published today in BMJ. This is the largest study on antiviral use and safety in pregnancy conducted to date.
Also, UK scientists yesterday reported a novel subclade of the H3N2 strain of influenza.
Flu activity remains elevated throughout much of the world, with the H3N2 variant dominating, according to a new update from the World Health Organization (WHO). The report said the peak of flu activity may be over in parts of Europe and North America, with some countries reporting a slight downward trend.
The H3N2 strain continues to dominate, especially affecting the elderly.
Flu markers rose to their highest points yet, as influenza B detections rose slightly, typical for the later months of the flu season.
Clinic visits and hospitalizations for flu rose again last week, with the disease now widespread in 40 states and Puerto Rico.
