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We want you to follow up with your pediatrician. >> is there anything else you think is important to know about this and about covid and just the overall concern about kids getting sick right now and the flu of course? i know the flu is really going around right now. >> it is going to be challenging as we go into the rest of the winter months. when you think about rsv and when it peaks we don't usually see that until december or january. now that we're seeing this early spike in rsv along with more flu cases, then covid has been in the community and at least in our hospital out of a 5% rate, i...

Because we've got higher flu cases. you need to know whether or not they have flu, regular common cold or covid or rsv. >> doctor, turning to covid. dr. fauci says the new omicron subvariants are pretty troublesome. what should we know heading into winter? >> yeah. all right. i'm going to -- i feel like i'm constantly coming here telling you about these variants. i'm going to add another one to your list, jose, xbb. we're watching it closely. xbb is a product of the ba. 2 variant. haven't heard that in a while, right? we're seeing this emerge in singapore where it's causing increased hospitali...

All right. welcome back. the cdc reporting an early surge in flu cases. more than 1,000 patients were hospitalized by the virus this past week, although current flu activity is still low overall. cnn's jacqueline howard has more on where we are seeing the increase. >> reporter: public health officials on the ground already are seeing flu hospitalizations, possible cases within schools, and they're bracing for what could be a rough flu season ahead. and when you look at the numbers, it seems as if we are returning to flu levels we saw before the covid-19 pandemic. when you look at the percentag...

Reporting more than 250 students recently out sick. >> everyone should get a flu shot. >> reporter: in new york, cases already widespread. the state health department releasing this reminder. >> we need to prepare for both flu and covid this fall and winter! nationwide, cdc data shows cases are 13 times higher now than around this time last year. what's behind the rise? we sat down with nbc news senior medical correspondent dr. john torres to get you answers. at the peak of the pandemic, flu cases were low. now they're ticking back up, why. >> we have been wearing masks, staying away from othe...

The Flathead City-County Health Department reports two type A influenza cases have been confirmed in the county.