Is it the flu or is it COVID? One at-home test can tell you - NPR
1 day ago · "Instead of walking around with an infection for several days wondering if you have flu or COVID you can know right away." Shots - Health News Getting more light in the day and less at night is ...
COVID and flu surge could strain hospitals as JN.1 variant ... - CBS News
Dec 15, 2023 · Hospitals and emergency rooms could be forced to ration care by the end of this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Thursday, saying recent trends in COVID-19 and...
Covid and flu are both surging. What to know about risk of ... - NBC News
With Covid, the CDC recommends isolating for five days after a positive test or from symptom onset. With flu, people are considered most contagious for the first three days of their illness.
Covid-19 and flu: After winter holidays, respiratory virus activity ...
Jan 8, 2024 · In the last week of 2023 — through December 30 — there were nearly 35,000 new Covid-19 admissions and more than 20,000 new admissions for flu, according to CDC data. Covid-19 hospitalizations...
The flu shot is different this year, thanks to COVID - NPR
Oct 17, 2024 · A strain of influenza appears to have disappeared from the planet since COVID. As a result, U.S. flu vaccines have been redesigned.
Flu and RSV are rising in the U.S. as Covid peaks in some areas - NBC News
Oct 13, 2023 · There are signs that flu is beginning to spread across the U.S., the CDC warned Friday. Some fear a “tripledemic” of Covid, flu and RSV could occur this winter.
Covid-19, RSV and flu are hospitalizing tens of thousands of …
Jan 1, 2024 · During the week ending December 23, there were more than 29,000 patients admitted with Covid-19, about 15,000 admitted with the flu and thousands more with respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV,...
COVID and flu cases are rising across the U.S. : Shots - Health News - NPR
Jan 6, 2024 · Flu is rising, and COVID levels are higher than last season's peak. But COVID hospitalizations and deaths are down. Nonetheless, COVID is still the most dangerous virus circulating.
New Covid Tests Are Here. They Test for Flu, Too.
Oct 25, 2024 · There are now nine at-home tests that can detect the coronavirus and influenza at the same time. Many of the tests, which can be sold over the counter, were just approved in the last six months.
CDC director: U.S. not near peak Covid or flu levels for ... - NBC News
Dec 21, 2023 · CDC Director Mandy Cohen says the U.S. is not yet near the peak Covid or flu levels that the agency expects for the season. But RSV may have already peaked.