The CDC’s new ‘Pan-respiratory’ COVID isolation guidelines, which treats the coronavirus like other respiratory illness, make sense to many public-health experts, but there could be some ...

According to a CDC spokesperson, the week ending on Jan. 25 was the first time the percentage of deaths due to the flu was higher than the percentage of deaths due to COVID.

COVID-19 and flu should not be used in the same sentence in a guideline, he emphasized, in part because the guidelines treat COVID-19 like a disease that only spreads when people exhibit symptoms.

COVID-19 and the flu should be taken seriously, the agency said. In 2023, over 916,300 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, and 75,500 died from the disease, according to the CDC.

Alicia Budd, who leads the CDC’s flu surveillance team, said several indicators are showing “continued increases” in flu cases. COVID-19 versus the flu: Know the symptoms ...

According to a CDC spokesperson, the week ending on Jan. 25 was the first time the percentage of deaths due to the flu was higher than the percentage of deaths due to COVID.

For a two-week period starting on June 9 and ending on June 22, the CDC's Nowcast data tracker showed the projections of COVID-19 variants, with the KP.3 variant accounting for 33.1% of positive ...

But the lab alert does not mean the CDC’s test cannot differentiate between COVID-19 and the flu. In fact, the CDC’s test was developed to look for the presence of a nucleic acid found only in ...

New COVID variant NB.1.8.1 could be more than 1 in 3 cases, CDC says CDC official overseeing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations resigns Moderna's new COVID-19 vaccine mNexspike approved by FDA ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urged labs this week to stock clinics with kits that can test for both the coronavirus and the flu as the "influenza season" draws near.

Vaccination rates for the flu, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are low for adults in the U.S. so far this season, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

But the lab alert does not mean the CDC’s test cannot differentiate between COVID-19 and the flu. In fact, the CDC’s test was developed to look for the presence of a nucleic acid found only in ...