"Tripledemic" of flu, RSV and COVID-19 strains hospitals as cases spike
Doctors say all three of the now-prevalent viral infections sweeping the country could be slowed by mask-wearing.
Doctors say all three of the now-prevalent viral infections sweeping the country could be slowed by mask-wearing.
Health officials are urging Americans to get their flu and COVID-19 vaccinations as those two respiratory viruses, along with RSV, create a growing "tripledemic" across the country. Carter Evans has more.
Hospitals in the U.S. are seeing a rising number of cases of the flu, RSV and COVID-19 as Americans let their guard down. Carter Evans has more.
Los Angeles County is considering implementing an indoor mask mandate as COVID-19 hospitalizations climb and fears that a "tripledemic" of coronavirus, flu and RSV could strain hospitals. Dr. Jerry Abraham, who heads up vaccine efforts at Kedren Health in South Los Angeles, joins CBS News to discuss the rising cases and what patients and parents need to know.
Health care professionals are bracing for a surge in flu, RSV and COVID-19 cases. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook explains why it's important to know what you are sick with.
Dr. Mati Hlatshwayo Davis, the director of health for the city of St. Louis, Missouri, joined CBS News to discuss the growing number of RSV, COVID-19 and flu cases filling hospitals around the United States.
CBS News' Mark Strassmann reports on the weekend of holiday travel that worries health experts, with cases of COVID, the flu and RSV all on the rise.
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The flu is spreading fast and unusually early this year while a record number of children are hospitalized with RSV. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook joins "CBS Mornings" with tips on how families can gather safely this Thanksgiving.
36 states are seeing elevated levels of RSV cases compared to this time last year.
Hospitals across the U.S. are facing a shortage of pediatric beds amid a surge in RSV cases. Despite the challenges, parents are still urged to bring their child in at the first sign of respiratory distress. Norah O'Donnell reports.
Rising cases of flu, COVID-19 and RSV are causing working parents to stay home with sick kids.
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The state's public health officer said the young child's death is a "stark reminder" of how fatal respiratory viruses can be.
The uptick in cases of the upper respiratory infection RSV is causing concern, and flu cases are also on the rise. Dr. Dyan Hes, the medical director at Gramercy Pediatrics in New York, joins CBS News' Tony Dokoupil and Lilia Luciano to discuss.
Doctors are warning people to get vaccinated against the flu and COVID-19, especially ahead of the holiday season.
Doctors are urging people to get vaccinated against the flu and COVID-19, especially ahead of the holiday season. Flu cases are on the rise in 22 states and Washington, D.C. Omar Villafranca reports.
Two Kansas City police officers saved the life of an infant after receiving a call that the baby who was suffering from RSV was not breathing.
The Food and Drug Administration is sounding the alarm about a shortage of amoxicillin, a commonly prescribed antibiotic to treat secondary bacterial infections, as cases of RSV rise in children across the U.S. Roxana Saberi reports.
CBS News medical contributor Dr. David Agus joined Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green to talk about the COVID-19 wave of BQ variant infections and the spread of RSV among children as well as other topics.
Children's hospitals across the U.S. are seeing a surge in pediatric cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV — and some are struggling to find enough beds for all of their patients. One doctor said the early and rapid rise in cases is a sign of a "rough winter season" ahead.
Rep. Adam Schiff became the highest-profile Democrat to urge the president to step aside.
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The U.S. Secret Service is facing mounting questions about the security flaws that allowed the shooter to fire from a rooftop near the rally.
The dinosaur fossil of a Stegosaurus nicknamed Apex fetched 10 times its estimate at a Sotheby's auction on Wednesday.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed increased alarm about how the gunman was able to get within a few hundred feet of the former president.
Rep. Adam Schiff became the highest-profile Democrat to urge the president to step aside.
Baby formula maker Reckitt said tornado damage to an Indiana warehouse could affect supplies of its nutrition products.
The dinosaur fossil of a Stegosaurus nicknamed Apex fetched 10 times its estimate at a Sotheby's auction on Wednesday.
JD Vance's 2016 memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" is getting a sales bump after the Ohio senator was picked to run alongside former President Donald Trump.
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Growing share of Americans say they have skipped medical care or getting prescription drugs because of the cost.
The U.S. Secret Service is facing mounting questions about the security flaws that allowed the shooter to fire from a rooftop near the rally.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed increased alarm about how the gunman was able to get within a few hundred feet of the former president.
Rep. Adam Schiff became the highest-profile Democrat to urge the president to step aside.
Over bratwurst, a couple of beers and a whole lot of Wisconsin cheese, "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil set out to answer a few bedrock questions about the 2024 presidential election.
"He was millimeters away from having his life expunged ... I'm sure the ear doesn't feel well," Eric Trump told "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil.
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Growing share of Americans say they have skipped medical care or getting prescription drugs because of the cost.
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Britain's King Charles III donned a ceremonial crown and robe to give a speech opening the U.K.'s first left-leaning parliament in 14 years.
President Santiago Peña said the record discovery, code-named "Operation Sweetness," added to a string of "very sad episodes" in Paraguay.
Mayor Anne Hidalgo declared the Seine river "exquisite" after taking a long-promised dip to show its water is safe for the Paris Olympics.
Nominations for the 76th annual Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday, with "Shōgun," "The Bear," "Hacks" and "Baby Reindeer" all earning multiple major nods. See the full list of nominees for the 2024 ceremony here.
The armorer on Alec Baldwin movie "Rust" filed to have her involuntary manslaughter conviction overturned, days after Baldwin's trial over a fatal on-set shooting collapsed due to withheld evidence.
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Tech mogul Elon Musk said Tuesday afternoon that he would be moving the headquarters of both his social media company X and SpaceX to Texas in response to a new California law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Apple users can now download an early version of a new iPhone operating system that will be officially released this fall.
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AT&T on Friday disclosed that hackers had accessed records of calls and texts of "nearly all" its cellular customers for a six-month period between May 1, 2022, and Oct. 31, 2022. Jo Ling Kent reports.
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The six people who were found dead this week in a Thailand hotel room are believed to have been poisoned, officials say. Investigators say they found cyanide in the cups of the victims, who have been identified as two Vietnamese-Americans and four Vietnamese nationals. CBS News correspondent Ian Lee has more.
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President Santiago Peña said the record discovery, code-named "Operation Sweetness," added to a string of "very sad episodes" in Paraguay.
The armorer on Alec Baldwin movie "Rust" filed to have her involuntary manslaughter conviction overturned, days after Baldwin's trial over a fatal on-set shooting collapsed due to withheld evidence.
Rain already falls on Venus, but it took more than 14 minutes for Missy Elliott's The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" to reach the planet.
It has been two years since NASA's James Webb telescope gave us a stunning first look at the depth of our universe. To commemorate the achievement, NASA has released new images showing two distant galaxies interacting with each other. Jane Rigby, astrophysicist and a senior project scientist for the Webb telescope at NASA, joins CBS News to discuss.
The image released Friday depicts two merging galaxies, nicknamed "the Penguin and the Egg," that are about 100,000 light years apart, a surprisingly close distance in astronomical terms.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket suffered a catastrophic engine failure as it launched a batch of Starlink satellites into orbit Thursday night, the first time in nearly a decade the rocket has failed. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has more on that and the latest images from the James Webb Space Telescope.
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The six people who were found dead this week in a Thailand hotel room are believed to have been poisoned, officials say. Investigators say they found cyanide in the cups of the victims, who have been identified as two Vietnamese-Americans and four Vietnamese nationals. CBS News correspondent Ian Lee has more.
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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the Seine on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show that the long-polluted river is now clean enough to host open water swimming events during the 2024 Olympics. A vast engineering project costing $1.5 billion has been spent on efforts since 2015 to clean up the river and stanch the flow of sewage and industrial waste.