With increasing time since diagnosis, only the severe infections continued to cause symptoms.
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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Laboratory-confirmed influenza activity in the United States is now low, and influenza-like illness (ILI) activity is lower but still elevated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its latest FluView report.
Each year, norovirus causes about 900 deaths, 110,000 hospitalizations, 2.3 million clinic visits, and 470,000 emergency department (ED) visits, at an annual healthcare cost of $430 million to $720 million, providing a substantial opportunity for a vaccine, according to a study in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
A paper yesterday in Current Opinion in Virology highlights a new effort led by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) to track the development of universal influenza vaccine technologies.
Laboratory confirmed influenza continues to decrease sharply in the United States, and the number of people visiting clinics with influenza-like illness (ILI) fell last week, according to today's FluView report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
A study of 150 households has found that recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and other soft-tissue infections (MRSA SSTIs) may be associated with persistent MRSA colonization of household members and contamination of environmental surfaces, US researchers reported yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics.
While laboratory-confirmed flu cases continue to decline in the United States, the number of people visiting healthcare providers for influenza-like illness (ILI) rose sharply again last week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) latest FluView report today.
There was a sharp uptick last week in US clinic visits for influenza-like illness (ILI), according to the latest FluView report today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but CDC officials say that could reflect more people seeking care for respiratory illness as COVID-19 spreads across the country.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported two more MERS-CoV cases, one in Riyadh and the other in Mecca, raising the number reported in March to eight.
US levels of clinic visits for influenza-like illness (ILI), after falling for 3 straight weeks, rose slightly last week, but the increase might be related to concerns over COVID-19, according to the latest FluView report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the flu season continues to take a toll on children.
Over the weekend Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 2 new MERS-CoV cases, 1 each in Mecca and Riyadh, bringing the country's March tally to 6 infections, after the ministry reported 18 cases in February and 15 in January.
