Flu hospitalizations increase nearly 30% as U.S. enters holiday season

Susana Sanchez, a Nurse Practitioner, administers a flu vaccination to Loisy Barrera at a CVS pharmacy and MinuteClinic in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Flu hospitalizations have increased...

Biden asked to declare emergency over RSV, flu kids hospitalizations

Kazuma Seki | Istock | Getty Images Doctors are calling on the Biden administration to declare an emergency in response to an “alarming surge” of children hospitalized with respiratory syn...

As flu hospitalizations surge in the U.S., the Southeast is the hardest hit

Enbal Sabag, a Nurse Practitioner, prepares a flu vaccination for a patient at the CVS Pharmacy and MinuteClinic on September 03, 2020 in Key Biscayne, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Flu hospitali...

Hospitalizations have doubled since May as omicron BA.5 sweeps U.S.

Medical staff treat coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient Frank Clark in his room on an isolated medical unit floor at Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, January 5, 2022. Shannon Stapl...

CDC urges older Americans to get booster shots as hospitalizations soar

Shana Alesi administers a second COVID-19 booster shot to Army veteran Robert Hall at Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital on April 01, 2022 in Hines, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images The Centers for Dise...

‘Stealth’ Omicron Subvariant Is Likely Behind A Surge In Cases And Hospitalizations In The U.K.

Topline Coronavirus infections and hospital admissions are surging across the U.K. just weeks after restrictions were lifted and testing scaled back as part of government plans for “living with Covid,...

CDC relaxes Covid guidance allowing most people to ditch masks if hospitalizations remain low

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed its mask guidance on Friday, allowing most people to ditch their face coverings so long as Covid-19 hospitalizations in their communities remain ...

Kids’ Covid hospitalizations hit pandemic high, worrying doctors and parents

A respiratory therapist checks on Adrian James, 2, who tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and is on a ventilator, at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Lo...

U.S. Covid Hospitalizations Set New Record — Especially In These States

Topline The number of Americans hospitalized with Covid-19 soared to record levels Tuesday, as the country faces a surge in coronavirus infections driven by the omicron variant — and some states are b...

U.S. sets fresh records for Covid hospitalizations and cases with 1.5 million new infections

Medical staff treat coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient Frank Clark in his room on an isolated medical unit floor at Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, U.S., January 5, 2022. Shannon...

These 18 States Are Grappling With Critical Hospital Worker Shortages As Covid Hospitalizations Surge

Topline Amid a rise in the number of patients hospitalized with Covid-19 amid the rapid spread of the omicron variant, the virus is sidelining a worrying number of frontline healthcare workers, with m...

U.S. Covid-19 Hospitalizations Top 138,000, Nearing Record

Topline The number of people hospitalized with Covid-19 in the United States rose to 138,073 Saturday amid the rapid spread of the omicron variant, coming close to the record set during the surge last...

Covid hospitalizations surge in New York City, but fewer patients are in the ICU

The number of New Yorkers in the hospital with Covid-19 is surging, but fewer of them are ending up in intensive care compared with prior waves — a sign that vaccines and the potentially milder omicro...

Australia Faces Deluge Of Omicron Cases And Hospitalizations As It Sticks To ‘Living With Covid’ Strategy

Topline Australia reported a record 47,816 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday as the highly infectious omicron variant continued to spread rapidly, putting a massive strain on the country’s testing regime ...