U.S. health officials have warned that respiratory virus activity is on the rise, with overall activity trending at moderate levels across the United States.
Influenza has risen about 5.1 percent week-over-week, according to the most recent update issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Dec. 20.
In a notice issued on Dec. 20, the CDC said that “emergency department visits with diagnosed RSV are high,” while hospital emergency room visits for influenza and COVID-19 are low nationally. However, officials have said that influenza cases are currently ticking upward in about a dozen states.
A data-based map published by the CDC also shows that the majority of states are at moderate levels for respiratory infections. Three states—Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Tennessee—are seeing high levels of infections, according to the map….