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US Flu Surge Hits 17 Jurisdictions with Rising Hospitalizations and Pediatric Deaths Amid Respiratory Virus Challenges

US Flu Surge Hits 17 Jurisdictions with Rising Hospitalizations and Pediatric Deaths Amid Respiratory Virus Challenges

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 Listeners, as of today, influenza activity across the United States has spiked dramatically, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting high or very high influenza-like illness in 17 jurisdictions, including 14 states, Puerto Rico, Washington DC, and New York City. The CDC's latest FluView update shows the percentage of respiratory viruses testing positive for flu jumping from 8.1% to 14.8%, outpatient visits for respiratory illness rising to 4.1% above the national baseline, and nearly 10,000 flu hospitalizations last week, with two new pediatric deaths confirmed from H3N2 strains, bringing the season total to three. CDC estimates 4.6 million flu illnesses, 49,000 hospitalizations, and 1,900 deaths so far this season, dominated by influenza A H3N2 subclade K at 89.8% of characterized viruses, which is raising concerns about vaccine match. The CDC urges everyone 6 months and older to get vaccinated if not already, and to seek antivirals early, especially high-risk groups.

Respiratory syncytial virus activity is low nationally but increasing in the Southeastern, Southern, and Mid-Atlantic regions, with more emergency visits and hospitalizations among children under 5. COVID-19 remains low but is rising, with very high wastewater levels in Indiana and high in Connecticut, Nebraska, and Vermont per CDC data. Pertussis cases are elevated compared to pre-pandemic levels, though below November peaks, and remain highly contagious.

Measles cases have surged to 1,912 confirmed through early December, the highest in 25 years according to Johns Hopkins experts, driven by outbreaks like 129 cases in South Carolina with three deaths, 92% in unvaccinated or unknown status individuals. ProMED reports recent exposures at airports in South Dakota and North Carolina flights.

On vaccines, the CDC on December 16 reversed its universal hepatitis B birth dose recommendation for infants of negative-testing mothers, adopting individual decision-making per Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices guidance, while maintaining it for positive or unknown status mothers; this aligns with APIC input but has sparked uproar over dropping a policy that cut child infections by 99%, amid broader schedule reviews.

In Southern California, the South Coast Air Quality Management District extended a mandatory No-Burn alert through December 20 at 11:59 PM in the South Coast Air Basin to protect public health from poor air quality.

ProMED notes additional US alerts like infant botulism in Tennessee and first pediatric flu deaths in Colorado and North Carolina this season.

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