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 …
COVID-19 variant JN.1 symptoms: Is ‘Pirola’ different from other Omicron spawn?
Erin Prater, Fortune, December 28, 2023 COVID wastewater levels are trending steeply upward in the U.S. It may leave you wondering if your winter illness is because of humanity’s newest scourge or something different entirely. As always, it’s impossible to …
New COVID variant JN.1 surges to 44% of cases, CDC estimates — even higher in New York, New Jersey
Alexander Tin, CBS News, December 26, 2023 The new COVID-19 variant that scientists call JN.1 now makes up about 44.1% of COVID-19 cases across the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated Friday, marking another week of the …
COVID-19 Hospitalizations Increasing Ahead of Holidays
Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder, US News & World Report, December 15, 2023 COVID-19 hospitalizations are on the rise heading into the end-of-year holidays. New hospital admissions increased 3% last week to reach more 23,400 admissions for the week ending Dec. 9, according to data from …