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Major co-morbidities, whether thats chronic illness with immunosuppression or other major issues. >> and you were mentioning during the break that youre seeing a lull or a delay in flu cases, and youre concerned about a double whammy. how are you bracing for this? >> last year, we had no flu across the country. we have had sporadic flu cases thus far in the fall. we dont have any patients hospitalized in childrens with flu. its hard to predict how many flu cases well see in a season. whats confu...

And the cdc is projecting that virus deaths will increase over the next four weeks. however, the number of fully vaccinated americans surpassed 200 million earlier this month, just over 60% of the population. in the past week, the doses being administered jumped 35% from the week before. but there are still millions who have not received a single dose, and many insist they are not going to. >> jacqueline howard with the latest on that we are seeing. >> john, health officials say theyre concerned...

Agency notes activity remains low nationally but continues to increase. there is this slow and steady increase in flu cases. most cases are among young people ages 5 to 24. but there has been an increase among adults. the best way to protect yourself is to get your flu shot if you havent already. so thats where we are with flu. but when you look at covid, were also seeing an increase in cases. heres dr. anthony fauci on how many new covid cases the u.s. records each day. >> we are already in a d...

Lexington’s lab-confirmed flu cases more than doubled since last Wednesday.

Are urging americans to be vigilant and to get their covid vaccine boosters as we all brace for the omicron variant to become the dominant variant here in the united states. at this critical moment, ahead of the holidays, there is a lot to discuss with dr. fauci, the president chief medical adviser and and the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. thank you so much for joining us. with delta still surging here in the united states, flu cases on the rise and omicr...

New statistics indicate there's a lot more flu cases this season than during last year.

New statistics indicate there's a lot more flu cases this season than during last year.

Now you add into that a tornado is one of the worst. weve dealt with disasters after hurricanes, but we can kind of anticipate some of those things. we can get patients dialized. with a tornado, its so arbitrary, as you just heard from kyanna, you dont know whats going to happen next minute. this is, really unfortunately, a kind of triple threat, a natural disaster, a pandemic, and were also seeing an uptick in flu cases and they mimic covid, so were dealing with it on all fronts. >> whats your ...

Bird flu cases have been confirmed in the Kuttanad area of the Alappuzha district on Thursday.

Heaviness that is here and working in these situations with these people who before they go out the door had a normal life, healthy people, out celebrating thanksgiving and now theyre here with a mask on their face, teary eyed, staring at me, asking me if theyre going to live or not. desperation. and it is heart breaking. >> reporter: and here is yet another stressor on the entire hospital system across the state. the flu. it is much more active this year than it was last year. so theyre startin...