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Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

It may feel like you are surrounded by sniffles and coughs, but flu season activity is still low in many parts of the U.S. New government data posted Friday shows that as of last week, flu activity was high in four states — Colorado, Louisiana, New Jersey and New York — and minimal or low in most others.

Federal health officials are reviewing the safety of two injectable drugs used to protect babies and toddlers from the RSV virus.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

The Trump administration appears to be expanding RSV vaccinations to some adults starting at age 50 instead of 60.

The nation’s infant mortality rate is falling.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Flu is taking off in the U.S., with 40 states reporting high or very high levels of flu-like illness last week.

The U.S. flu season is underway.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Federal health officials are strengthening their endorsement of RSV vaccinations for people 75 and older.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

U.S. health officials say flu and COVID-19 infections are expected to ramp up in the coming weeks.

U.S. health officials say flu is picking up steam while RSV lung infections may be peaking.

China’s health ministry says a surge in respiratory illnesses across the country that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

RSV infections are rising sharply in some parts of the country, nearly filling hospital emergency departments in Georgia, Texas and some other states.

A new shot for infants against RSV is in short supply, and U.S. health officials are telling doctors they should prioritize giving the drug to babies at the highest risk of severe disease.

A new poll suggests that many people who could benefit from the shot haven’t heard about it yet.

U.S. health officials are recommending RSV vaccinations for moms-to-be as a second option to protect newborns.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Updated COVID-19 shots are coming soon, part of a trio of fall vaccines that doctors hope will help avoid another “tripledemic."

U.S. regulators have approved the first RSV vaccine for pregnant women to protect their newborns.

U.S. health officials are recommending that babies get a recently approved drug to protect them against a respiratory virus.

U.S. officials have approved a new long-acting drug to protect babies and toddlers against a respiratory virus that causes thousands of hospitalizations each year.

Americans 60 and older can get a new RSV vaccine but should discuss it with their doctor first.

The U.S. has approved the first vaccine for RSV, shots to protect older adults.

Federal health advisers have narrowly backed an experimental vaccine from Pfizer that could become the first shot to protect older adults against the respiratory illness known as RSV.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

New U.S. government data suggests holiday gatherings didn’t spark surges in respiratory diseases.

Here’s our weekly round up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

A drug waiting to be reviewed by the FDA could help infants be protected from RSV.

AAPS is recommending all students, teachers and staff wear face masks for two weeks following winter break.

Here’s our weekly round up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Wearing face masks around others still proves to be one of the most effective ways to avoid getting sick, say researchers at U-M.

CVS and Walgreens are limiting how many children’s pain relief medications people can buy at once amid the “tripledemic” of respiratory viruses, according to reports.

Here’s our weekly round up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Burns Park Elementary School is closed Thursday, Dec. 15, says the district.

Here’s our weekly round up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

It’s not uncommon for rare medications to have supply chain hiccups leading to a shortage, but we aren’t talking about anything fancy. Some very common over-the-counter medicines are also becoming hard to find.

The Washtenaw County Health Department has introduced a new data page that displays the weekly rates of COVID-19, RSV and influenza hospitalizations rates among county residents.

As we prepare to gather with our family and friends for Thanksgiving, many are understandably nervous about all the viruses that are circulating.

Local 4′s Jason Colthorp and his wife Ida opened up about their experience when their newborn was in the hospital with RSV.

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Jason: “We either have to leave right this second or we have to call an ambulance.”

Nicole Miele-Kerns said her son Noah was six weeks old when she began noticing the symptoms.

Currently, RSV is filling hospitals but a new forecast shows that the flu could soon be taking over.

C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital has seen 259 cases of RSV so far this season, that’s a 46% increase over last year.

60,000 children are hospitalized with RSV every year and according to officials, there were more cases per week in October than any other week in 2020.

The U.S. flu season is off to an unusually fast start.

Here’s our weekly round up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

The flu, a cold, COVID and RSV are all respiratory infections caused by viruses.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus is a common virus, but it’s affecting more children with low immunity, and pediatric hospitals across the country are bracing for a rough winter.

COVID levels across Michigan have been at low to medium levels for a while now, giving more opportunities for in-person interactions with state health officials.

Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment helped the pharmaceutical giant balance tumbling international sales for its coronavirus vaccine and top third-quarter expectations.

Medical professionals throughout Metro Detroit are feeling the heat as there are zero pediatric ICU beds available.

Pediatric hospitalizations are up across the country, including here in Michigan, because of respiratory viruses like RSV.

For some time now, there have been national-level warnings about increasingly severe respiratory ailments like RSV in kids, but Michigan had not been part of the warning.

After two years of influenza cases being kept largely at bay by the pandemic precautions, experts say several signs suggest we won’t be as lucky this year.

We asked local pediatricians to share the illnesses they’re expecting to see increase in school-age children this fall, which ones they’re most concerned about, and what advice they have for parents.

Every week our Good Health team talks with doctors and hospitals around Metro Detroit to find out what’s going around.

Cases of influenza have increased on campus while COVID was on the decline over the past week, U-M officials said.

Beds are filling up at U-M hospital as officials report an increase in COVID activity.

Flu cases continue to rise at the University of Michigan -- just as students are preparing to head for home.

Cases of COVID are up and the flu is on the rise in Metro Detroit. Doctors said they’re seeing lots of other viruses too.

Student COVID cases are on the rise at U-M.

Viruses are still going strong, but that’s not the only thing making people sick in Metro Detroit this week.

Hospitals in Metro Detroit are seeing a lot of sick children with respiratory syncytial virus this week.

Two emergency physicians at U-M share when patients should seek out emergency care as ERs fill up.

Coronavirus cases are continuing to rise in Michigan, particularly in children -- but there are lots of other illnesses popping up too.

When schools turned to virtual learning due to the COVID pandemic there weren’t illnesses spreading in schools and when students did return masks and social distancing kept the usual illnesses at bay.

The recent emergence of a virus that typically sickens children in colder months has baffled U.S. pediatricians and put many infants in the hospital with troublesome coughs and breathing trouble.

The pandemic precautions kept most of the normal childhood illness away but now that many of those precautions are gone children are getting sick again.

Masks, social distancing and staying home didn’t just protect people from COVID -- it also protected people from colds.