Australian health authorities warned on Tuesday that they are documenting an increase in the number of diagnosed infections of mycoplasma pneumoniae, a bacterial infection that causes respiratory illness and was listed among several pathogens particularly affecting children in China in the last months of 2023.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data on Friday showing a significant jump in influenza cases over the past week as the illness sweeps across the nation.
China’s state-run Global Times was in high dudgeon on Thursday over Western media coverage of China’s respiratory illness outbreak.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Mandy Cohen told Congress on Thursday there is “no new or novel pathogen” behind the wave of pediatric respiratory illness spreading across China, so there is no reason for Americans to be concerned about a new virus escaping from China like the Wuhan coronavirus did.
Hospitals in China are expanding study areas so that children diagnosed with respiratory diseases can keep up with schoolwork, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday, in response to a growing wave of pneumonia in children believed to be exacerbated by years of coronavirus lockdowns.
China’s state-run Global Times on Tuesday reported hospitals are bracing for a surge of respiratory infections among the elderly, beginning in mid-December and peaking “around New Year’s Day in 2024.”
Chinese state newspaper Global Times acknowledged a surge in respiratory disease in the country, particularly among children, which has alarmed international observers – but blamed it on an “immunity gap” in the population, caused by China’s brutal “zero-covid” lockdowns.
Hundreds of cases of a mysterious fatal respiratory illness in dogs have been reported throughout the country.
Emergency departments in California’s San Diego County are reportedly seeing an overwhelming number of patients as flu season ramps up.
New York Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul this week encouraged parents to remask their toddlers to protect them from RSV, contending that children are “more socialized to the idea of wearing a mask” anyway.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed Monday its first known employee with the COVID-19 respiratory infection, also know as the novel coronavirus.
New Jersey Health Commissioner Dr. Shereef Elnahal said Sunday a ninth child has died from a virus that spread through a healthcare center.
