The recommendation for vaccines for the next flu season includes a new influenza variant—subclade K—that started to increase last fall.
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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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Cases rise as government leaders minimize the need for vaccines.
But vaccine uptake was suboptimal, particularly for the flu vaccine.
The CDC says 5,000 people nationwide have died from influenza so far this season.
Officials don't know what caused gastrointestinal illness in 95 passengers and 9 crew on the Celebrity Eclipse in late December.
More than 50 counties in Arkansas have logged at least one case of whooping cough.
For flu, the sensitivity of the definition was 76% and specificity was 31%; for RSV, those numbers were 71% and 39%, respectively.
A COVID diagnosis was associated with 76% higher odds of death within 30 days.
The CDC also provided data on the rise of subclade K among H3N2 flu viruses ahead of holiday gatherings.
The new Public Health Alerts initiative is designed to deliver information and early warnings about emerging health threats, enabling swift, informed responses across the US and globally.
In addition, the emergence of the influenza A H3N2 subclade K virus fueled a record number of flu cases in Australia this year and extended the season, which may have implications for the Northern Hemisphere season.
