LOADING ERROR LOADINGNEW YORK (AP) — More U.S. hospitals are requiring masks and limiting visitors as health officials face an expected but still nasty post-holiday spike in flu, COVID-19 and other illnesses. Updated national numbers are to be released Friday, but health officials predict infections will grow in many states well into January. Flu and COVID-19 cases may peak by the end of the month and then drop, Cohen said. COVID-19 cases are causing more severe disease than the flu but have been rising less dramatically. The omicron variant was first detected in the U.S. in September and just before Christmas accounted for an estimated 44% of COVID-19 cases.

Source: Huffington Post January 04, 2024 23:58 UTC