How to stay healthy during cold, flu and COVID-19 season
Getting through winter healthy means trying to protect yourself from respiratory viruses
By CARLA K. JOHNSON
Published - Jan 19, 2024, 01:21 PM ET
Last Updated - Jan 19, 2024, 01:21 PM EST
Winter is here, inflicting its usual array of symptoms — coughs, nasal congestion, fatigue and fever — and, this year, a new COVID-19 variant is dominating the scoreboard.
COVID-19 is leading hospital admissions among the respiratory viruses, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Last week, 25 U.S. states had high or very high levels for respiratory illnesses with fever, cough and other symptoms. That’s down from 37 states the week before, the CDC said.
Since the beginning of October, there have been at least 16 million illnesses, 180,000 hospitalizations, and 11,000 deaths from flu so far this season. The CDC said 47 children have died of flu.
