Our youngest kids, ages 0-1, are experiencing more respiratory illness. Emergency department visits are up for acute respiratory infections, croup, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia.
Flu is still rising, and last week stood out for kids ages 0-4. Emergency department visits for flu are going up, especially for kids ages 0-4, and lab tests show flu continuing to rise. Now is a good time to get up to date on your flu, COVID-19, and RSV vaccines. Read our guidance and recommendations.
COVID-19 is also picking up in kids ages 0-4. Emergency department visits with a COVID diagnosis have gone up for this age group. Across all ages, the share of lab tests coming back positive for COVID has also been rising steadily.
School air samples are showing more COVID, rhino- and enterovirus, and parainfluenza. Last week, half of school air samples detected COVID-19. A quarter detected rhino- and enterovirus, which causes cold-like illness, and parainfluenza, which causes cold-like symptoms and can lead to croup in young children.
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