The winter virus season in the US is in full force, and it is one extent the most intense in 15 years.
One indicator of flu activity is a percentage of visiting medical offices to stimulate symptoms similar to the flu. Last week that number was obviously higher than the peak of any winter flu season from 2009-2010, According to data Posted on Friday by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Of course, other viral infections can be mistaken for the flu. But the Coidid-19 seems to be on the fall, according to hospital data and screenings of CDC modeling. The available data also suggest that another respiratory disease, RSV, faded at the national level in the United States -ui Canada.
The latest Canadian surveillance of the respiratory virus The report, announced on Friday, suggests that the flu is on the rise. The testimony for the flu was 21 percent and increases, according to the report.
Flu forced schools to close in some US countries. Last week, an independent school district of Godley, a school district, a system of 3,200 students near Fort Worth, Texas, was closed three days after 650 students and 60 staff on Tuesday.
Jeff Meador, a spokesman for the district, said the vast majority of diseases were the flu, plus something strep throat. He called him the worst season of the flu he could remember.
So far, this season, the CDC estimates at least 24 million flu diseases, 310,000 hospitalizations and 13,000 deaths – including at least 57 children. Traditionally, the flu season reaches around February in the United States
Overall, 43 countries reported high or very high flu activity last week. The flu was the most intense in the southern, southwestern and Western countries.
Respiratory disease eye ‘with revenge’: Doctor Er
In Rochester, NY, the flu season was intense, but not necessarily worse than in the peak of the second years, according to Dr. Elizabeth Murray, a physician for pediatric emergency medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
She said she had a lot of flu, but she also has a lot of RSV and a surprising baby with Coid-19.
“All respiratory diseases are around, with revenge,” Murray said.
CDC refused to release the Associated Press reporter to talk to an agency’s flu expert on recent trends. Trump’s administration has ordered a temporary “pause” at the communications of health agencies and continued to reject requests for interviews that have been regularly approved in the past.
US health officials recommend that all six months and older get annual flu vaccination.
Patient test results show that two seasonal flu soles cause most diseases – type A H1N1 and type A H3N2. Health officials are closely observed by the third strain – bird flu known as type A H5n1 – which has become ill tens of millions of animals, but only 67 people in the United States have been known to have infected
In order to avoid seasonal viruses, doctors say you should avoid touching the eyes, nose and mouth because the germs can spread that way. You should also wash your hands with soap and water, clean the surfaces often and avoid close contact with the sick.
