CBS News, January 11, 2024 A sharp uptick in emergency room visits and hospitalizations for COVID-19, influenza and RSV began in mid-December, and a COVID variant called JN.1 is rapidly spreading.. Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of infectious diseases at …
COVID is surging again. Here’s what to know and why experts encourage caution
John Yang, Lorna Baldwin, Kaisha Young and Juliet Fuisz, PBS News Hour, January 6, 2024 The U.S. is experiencing another uptick in COVID infections after the holidays, with hospitalizations rising for the eighth week in a row. A new dominant …
New COVID-19 Variant JN.1 Deepens its Hold on the U.S.
Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder, US News & World Report, January 5, 2024 The new COVID-19 variant JN.1 was responsible for the majority of new coronavirus infections in the U.S. in the past two weeks, according to estimates from the Centers for Disease …
COVID-19, flu and RSV cases are filling up Tennessee clinics and hospital ERs
Frank Gluck, The Tennessean, January 2, 2024 This year’s holiday season has left Tennessee with a lingering hangover — a sharp rise in respiratory illnesses. The increase has led to Nashville clinics and hospital emergency departments routinely filled with patients …
Middle Tennessee hospitals seeing spike in RSV, flu, COVID cases
Kenley Hargett, WKRN, December 29, 2023 Three respiratory illnesses — RSV, influenza, and COVID-19 — are making their rounds across Tennessee as doctors from two different hospital systems are reporting a spike in cases. “We’re definitely seeing an uptick in …