The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning health providers that there is an “urgent need” to increase vaccinations against influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). In an alert published Thursday, the agency cautioned that low vaccination rates, coupled with ongoing increases in national respiratory disease activity, could lead to more severe disease […]
COVID-19 and flu levels continue to increase but CDC director believes US has hit peak of RSV Seventeen states are seeing “high” or “very high” levels of respiratory illness activity as COVID-19 and flu hospitalizations increase across the U.S., new federal data shows. Weekly COVID-19 hospitalizations rose to 23,432 for the week ending Dec. 9, […]
In a further red flag for penguin populations in Antarctica, a new report reveals that hundreds of elephants seals have been found dead. While on the surface the two trends may seem unrelated, the chair of the Antarctic Wildlife Health Network, Dr. Meagan Dewar, told The Guardian on Friday that “at some sites we’ve had mass mortalities, where […]