October 16, 2023
Following a summer bump, COVID-19 hospitalizations are trending in an encouraging direction heading into respiratory virus season.
Public health officials continue to monitor the potential for COVID-19, the flu, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to pose challenges this winter while urging everyone to stay protected. The pandemic has highlighted the way respiratory viruses can affect hospital capacity and the importance of vaccination to protect the population.
“Among children and adolescents hospitalized with influenza during 2022–2023, a substantially lower proportion were vaccinated compared with previous seasons, which could be related to low vaccination coverage in the population, high vaccine effectiveness, or both,” the CDC noted in a report released last week.
Here’s what you need to know:
HAP urges everyone to stay up to date on their COVID-19 and seasonal vaccines and to follow the public health precautions to stay healthy this winter.
HAP continues to monitor the latest COVID-19 and seasonal respiratory virus developments and provide updates to members and the general public.
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