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Boston-area's COVID surge continued thru holidays, wastewater shows
Levels of COVID-19 in the Boston area surged to two-year highs during the recent holidays, according to the region’s latest wastewater data. The last time COVID levels were this high was during the omicron surge from the winter of 2021-2022, according to the most recent update on the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority’s COVID wastewater page. The amount of COVID...
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Flu and COVID infections got worse over the holidays, CDC says
The flu season in the U.S. is getting worse with 38 states reporting high or very high levels for respiratory illnesses.
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Increase in COVID, RSV and flu cases brings longer lines at emergency rooms
Respiratory illnesses like COVID-19, RSV and the flu are on the rise across the country, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Massachusetts is no exception. About 16.7% of emergency room visits in the Bay State are currently due to respiratory virus infections, according to Dr. Larry Madoff, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Medical...
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ER wait times are longer due to more COVID, RSV and flu cases
With cases of respiratory illnesses reaching a high level this winter, lines at emergency rooms are longer and medical facilities are taking precautions.
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Logan airport piloting program to prevent spread of infectious diseases
Boston Logan International Airport is joining several other airports across the country in ramping up efforts to keep people safe this holiday season.
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Logan Airport taking steps to stop spread of infectious diseases
Stopping the spread of infectious diseases. That’s what Boston Logan International Airport, and many others across the country, are now taking steps to do. It’s all in the hopes of preventing a similar scenario to how the coronavirus first spread in the pandemic. This new effort to ramp up prevention comes at a time when seasonal illnesses, such as...
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Logan Airport participates in program to stop spread of infectious diseases
Stopping the spread of infectious diseases. That’s what Boston Logan International Airport, and many others across the country, are now taking steps to do.
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Redesigned COVID dashboard tracks COVID, flu, RSV in Mass.
With peak season for respiratory illnesses like the flu and COVID-19 approaching, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Thursday launched a refreshed dashboard to track trends and provide the public with helpful information focused on COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial syndrome (RSV). The redesigned dashboard, which will continue to be updated weekly by the end of each Thursday, centralizes...
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Biden has gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and the annual flu shot, the White House says
The White House says President Joe Biden has gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and the annual flu shot.
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FDA Authorizes First Combination Flu-COVID Test for Home Use
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first combination test for flu and COVID-19 that can be used at home, giving consumers an easy way to determine if a runny nose is caused by either disease.
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Flu and RSV on the Decline But COVID Hospitalizations Rise
COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising in the United States, even as hospitalizations for respiratory syncytial virus and the flu continue to fall.
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Flu Season May Have Peaked in Mass. — for Now, Boston Doctors Say
This year’s flu season, which seemed to hit the ground running, may already be peaking in Massachusetts — at least for now. Boston doctors say things are looking up as flu hospitalizations level off, with the caveat that a second peak could be around the corner. Massachusetts still shows “very high” levels of flu activity, according to the U.S. Centers...
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COVID Q&A: Cases Rising Amid New Dominant Variant
Top Boston doctors talk about rising COVID wastewater levels, the newly dominant XBB variant and whether Boston Public Schools should implement a temporary mask mandate during NBC10 Boston’s weekly “COVID Q&A” series.
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HHS Releases Tamiflu Stockpile as Flu Cases Surge
The Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that it would be releasing part of its stockpile of antiviral Tamiflu to help combat the flu.
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US to Release Medicine From National Stockpile as Flu Season Rages
The Biden administration says it will release doses of prescription flu medicine from the Strategic National Stockpile
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Feel Like Everyone's Sick Right Now? Boston Doctors Explain What's Going Around
Feel like everyone’s getting sick right now? You’re not alone. Aside from “the big three” of COVID-19, RSV and influenza, Boston doctors say there are plenty of other upper respiratory viruses circulating right now that are causing people to be under the weather. Why does it seem like so many people are sick? Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Chief of...
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COVID Q&A: Testing and Other Tips Ahead of the Holidays
Top Boston doctors talk give testing tips, explain why everyone seems to be getting sick right now and the severity of this flu season during NBC10 Boston’s weekly “COVID Q&A” series.
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Rising Respiratory Virus Concerns During the Holidays
Between COVID-19, the flu and RSV, doctors are worried about the triple threat of infections we’re facing this holiday season.
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How Long Is THAT Contagious? Your Guide to Flu, Strep, COVID and Common Infections
Respiratory viruses, including COVID, flu and RSV, are spreading across the U.S. — and so are other infections. So how long are you contagious with some of the more common ones? Find out here.
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Boston Warns of High Rate of Flu Already Circulating
Flu cases are surging in the Boston area and health officials are concerned that many people still haven’t gotten a flu shot.