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Why Rural Hospitals May Be Hit Hard by the Convergence of COVID-19 and Flu Season
UnityPoint Health prepares for a busy flu season and offers important resources for fighting back.
Top Three Q&As on This Year’s “Twindemic” from Loma Linda University Health
As COVID-19 and its emerging variants continue to spread and the cold and flu season begins, hospitals and health systems are preparing early this year.
Why the Flu Vaccine is More Important than Ever
The prospect of flu cases this season swamping the United States as well as COVID-19 is grim; co-infection with both respiratory viruses could be deadly.
COVID-19 and the 2021-22 Flu Season Re-Heighten Pandemic Precautions
During 2020, the United States was in lockdown and taking precautions against COVID-19 during much of the flu season.
FDA approves combo test for flu, COVID-19; alerts providers to medical device risks
The Food and Drug Administration recently granted emergency use authorization for the first over-the-counter home antigen test to detect both flu and COVID-19.
United Against the Flu
United Against the Flu is a collaborative effort by several national health care organizations and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to amplify the importance of getting vaccinated, especially this flu season.
NIH test-to-treat telehealth program goes national, covers both COVID-19 and flu
The Home Test to Treat program now offers free testing, telehealth and treatment for both COVID-19 and flu to eligible adults nationwide, the National Institutes of Health announced.
Report underscores importance of early flu vaccination for children
Flu-associated medical visits and hospitalizations per 100,000 population in 2022-23 were higher among children under age 5 than for older children, but were higher for older children than for any season since 2016-17, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Oct. 12.
Chair File: Protecting Each Other and Keeping Our Communities Healthy
The AHA has excellent resources to help hospital and health system teams encourage patients and people in their communities to get vaccinated against the flu, COVID-19 and RSV.
AHA launches annual United Against the Flu campaign; enroll as a 2023-24 partner
The AHA Sept. 25 launched its 2023-24 United Against the Flu campaign to help hospitals and health systems encourage their communities to get vaccinated for the current flu season.