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Surging cases and lagging vaccines: Why this U.S. flu season has experts worried
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Surging cases and lagging vaccines: Why this U.S. flu season has experts worried

By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
December 23, 2024
As you dive into your New Year’s resolutions, taking precautions to protect yourself from a quartet of infectious diseases can lessen your odds of starting off 2025 sick.
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Public health experts are warning of a ‘quad-demic’ this winter. Here’s where flu, COVID, RSV, and norovirus are spreading

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December 18, 2024
Baby with a nebulizer mask on his face
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Moderna pauses its RSV vaccine trial for children after 5 infants are hospitalized in latest challenge of preventing disease

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December 16, 2024
Just 25% of people at high risk of pneumococcal disease—children younger than 2, adults older than 64, and those with certain chronic health conditions such as diabetes—have been immunized, according to an August 2024 survey by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
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Pneumonia can be a deadly complication of COVID, the flu, and RSV: What to know about pneumococcal vaccination

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October 22, 2024
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had preliminarily documented more than 17,600 whooping cough infections in the U.S. as of Oct. 5, 2024—more than four times the nearly 4,000 infections recorded at this time in 2023.
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Whooping cough cases up 342% since 2023 as U.S. outbreak continues. What to know about symptoms and spread

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October 11, 2024
Getting multiple vaccines at once is not only safe, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but also just as effective as getting them individually.
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Yes, you can get the COVID, flu, and RSV vaccines at once. Here are the pros and cons

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October 8, 2024
As of spring 2024, at which time two RSV vaccines had been FDA-approved, less than 25% of eligible U.S. adults 60 and older had gotten one, according to the CDC.
Aging Well

RSV can be deadly, especially for older adults. What to know about symptoms and the new vaccine

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October 4, 2024
African American mother measuring sick son's temperature while talking to the doctor over the phone.
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COVID guidelines have changed. Here’s when a sick kid can return to school

By Cheyanne Mumphrey and The Associated Press
August 19, 2024

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