In a flu pandemic setting, the drug could be used to curb household transmission, especially early in the response, the authors say.
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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The CDC confirms 20 new pediatric flu deaths, bringing the season's total to 188.
Those who were ill with COVID-19 and had at least 1 underlying condition missed more days of work than those with flu or asymptomatic COVID.
Contracting a non-COVID lower respiratory tract infection raises the risk of death 2 to 7 times over the next month to a year, new data show.
Only 7 jurisdictions are still reporting high flu activity, and, for COVID, wastewater detections returned to the low level.
The rate also increased with each additional underlying medical condition.
Other trends included worrisome rises in tuberculosis, measles, and pertussis.
The death-rate ratio of adults aged 70 years and older and children younger than 5 years climbed globally, with the Western Pacific Region experiencing the largest increase.
Though hospitalizations and other markers trended lower, the CDC received reports of 17 more pediatric flu deaths.
Sixteen more pediatric flu deaths were reported, as hospitalizations and outpatient visits remain high.
While influenza B patients had better short-term outcomes, they experienced higher-than-expected rates of hospitalization, ICU admission, and death.
