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In our health lead, the cdc says cases of the flu are showing signs of slowing down in some parts of the united states. while the number of people hospitalized with the flu has declined slightly from last week, the overall rate at this point in the season is sadly higher than its been in decades. joining us to discuss, dr. sanjay gupta. sanjay, is the flu season close to peaking, or might it get even worse? >> reporter: i dont think we can say right now. theres been this significant frame shifti...

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Activity is still high, but some areas are seeing declines. so far this season, the flu has caused 15 million infections, 150,000 hospitalizations, and 9,300 deaths. the flu is part of the triple threat according to federal health officials. rsv also raging, and covid may be on the verge of a winter comeback. right now 14% of the u.s. is in high transmission, an area there for coronavirus, and thats higher than last week. cnn medical analyst, dr. jonathan reiner is here. good to see you. lets st...

Locations as well as oregon and the seattle area is, hey, when youre inside, at a public place, wear a mask. this is guidance as you said, kate. this is not a mandate. this is guidance. and lets take a look at one zbraf that kind of explains why theyre doing this. it is about hospital capacity, hospitals are overrun with this tripledemic of flew and covid and rsv and to the white is the capacity currently. it is over 80% of beds in use. that is higher than at other points during the pandemic. i ...

The number of confirmed cases nearly doubled in the latest weekly report.

Details. >> reporter: flu activity remains high across the country right now. and here are the latest numbers. so far due to the flu at least 13 million people have been sick. 120,000 hospitalized. more than 7,000 deaths from flu have been reported. and 21 of those reported deaths have been in children. according to the cdc, all but seven states are experiencing high or very high levels of respiratory virus activity right now. in new york city, health officials issued an advisory saying everyone...

Of the flu are surging. today the cdc said more than a third of flu-related hospitalizations and deaths were reported in just the last week. cnns jacqueline howard joins us to break down the numbers. i know officials are bracing for a surge ain hospitalizations after theholidays. what are they telling you? >> reporter: theres a reason why flu activity in the united states is still very high, and here are the latest numbers from the cdc released just this morning. so we do know that so far at lea...

Met fin and ibuprofen. >> elizabeth cohen is here with us. elizabeth, how big of a problem is this? >> reporter: alisyn, this could become a big problem. sit already problematic were hearing in some areas. its really hard to tell how widespread these shortages are, but its not good, and hopefully unlike the infant formula shortage which kind of went on and on, hopefully they will nip this in the bud. lets take a look at the flu situation in the u.s. which is the reason behind a lot of this. thos...

Norah. >> odonnell: quite a story. jeff pegues, thanks so much. well in tonights "health watch" the centers for disease control says influenza hospitalizations are at their highest levels in more than a decade for this time of the year. 44 states are reporting high or very high flu activity just in the last week. 14 children have already died this flu season. and senate majority leader chuck schumer is calling on the department of health and human services to step in as some hospitals in new yor...

Cases surge. 45 states as well as washington, d.c., new york city, and puerto rico are reporting widespread or high flu activity. the cdc warns hospitalizations havent been this high this early in the season in over a decade. covid infections and hospitalizations are also, again, on the rise. now to a terrifying coyote attack recorded by a doorbell camera. we want to caution, this video is disturbing, but the 2-year-old girl is okay. it happened in the los angeles neighborhood of woodland hill...