Respiratory Viruses

Flu and RSV are on their way down as winter turns to spring, but wastewater data are showing higher levels of Covid.

As experts grow increasingly worried about bird flu, there is one critical intervention state and local governments can take now: Improve indoor air quality in places like schools.

Health officials have detected high levels of whooping cough cases since 2024.

Flu cases appear to be decreasing, while RSV and Covid-19 infections may be increasing.

In mid-February, metro Atlanta doctors said they were treating more flu cases than they had seen in years.

The first metro Atlanta case was reported in someone who had been traveling within the United States. Now two relatives have the measles.

In the U.S. public health system, local and state health departments collect and own the data rather than the federal government. With uncertainties surrounding federal data sharing, this provides a sort of firewall.