While there’s a slight uptick in COVID-19, influenza, and RSV vaccinations for both children and adults, rates remain low overall for both groups.Woman sick with the flu. Generic images of a woman sick with the flu.Shutterstock There’s a nationwide surge in respiratory illnesses, as 16 states report “high” or “very high” activity levels. Data from...
A man carriers a child walk out from a crowded holding room of a children’s hospital in Beijing on Oct. 30, 2023. A surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus, the...
by Jennifer Walker, University of Connecticut Sanjay Mittal MD performs an ultrasound on a model patient (Nicholas Mulligan) with Gracia Mui MD on April 13, 2021. Credit: University of Connecticut A new study adds to mounting evidence that COVID patients have an added risk of stroke. Researchers analyzed data on more than 20,000 U.S. adults...
“Antibiotics simply won’t work for a viral infection,” says Ardon. If your child complains of throat pain without coughing, it may be a sign of a different upper respiratory illness. “Strep throat or strep pharyngitis, the medical term for that, is a specific bacterial infection that can happen in the back of the throat.” Telltale...
