Tuesday, Aug 16, 2022
English News
  • Hyderabad
  • Telangana
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • India
  • World
  • Entertainment
  • Science and Tech
  • Sport
  • Business
  • ...
    • NRI
    • View Point
    • cartoon
    • Columns
    • Reviews
    • Education Today
    • Property
    • Videos
    • Lifestyle
E-Paper
  • NRI
  • View Point
  • cartoon
  • Columns
  • Reviews
  • Education Today
  • Property
  • Videos
  • Lifestyle
Home | World | After Pandemic Us Health Experts Warn Of Twindemic

After pandemic, US health experts warn of ‘twindemic’

By IANS
Published: Updated On - 10:28 AM, Tue - 12 October 21
After pandemic, US health experts warn of ‘twindemic’
Source: IANS

Washington: Health experts in the US have warned against what they called a “twindemic” of Covid-19 and flu this coming winter season, according to a news report.

Millions of American children get sick with the flu every year and tens of thousands are hospitalised with respiratory syncytial virus or RSV, Xinhua news agency quoted the CBS News report as saying on Monday.

Research being presented at an American Academy of Pediatrics conference showed that pandemic precautions, like wearing masks and social distancing, helped stop the spread of flu and other common respiratory viruses last season, according to the report.

“Although each of these things is not perfect, taken together, they really are effective in preventing illness,” CBS News quoted William Schaffner, an infectious diseases specialist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, as saying.

Last week, The Washington Post had reported that health officials are urging Americans to get their flu shots, warning that the flu season that did not materialise when most of society was shut down last year could come roaring back and strain hospitals in the months ahead.

Survey data released last week found that slightly more than half of American adults plan to be vaccinated against influenza.

That’s not much of a change from pre-pandemic surveys conducted by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.

“This low flu activity was likely due to the widespread implementation of Covid-19 preventive measures like masks, physical distancing and staying home,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said in a briefing on October 7 announcing flu vaccination efforts.

  • Follow Us :
  • Tags
  • COVID
  • twindemic
  • US health experts

Related News

  • Opinion: When problems are more profitable

    Opinion: When problems are more profitable

  • India helped world discover true potential of democracy: President Murmu

    India helped world discover true potential of democracy: President Murmu

  • India’s Covid tally declines to 14,092 cases, 41 deaths

    India’s Covid tally declines to 14,092 cases, 41 deaths

  • Office space: West Hyderabad tops chart

    Office space: West Hyderabad tops chart

  • Sonia Gandhi tests positive for Covid again

    Sonia Gandhi tests positive for Covid again

  • 1 in 4 kids hospitalised for Covid, MIS-C had symptoms for months: Study

    1 in 4 kids hospitalised for Covid, MIS-C had symptoms for months: Study

Latest News

  • Rihanna’s boyfriend A$AP Rocky charged with assault over 2021 shooting

    9 mins ago
  • Bipasha Basu, Karan Singh Grover expecting first child

    18 mins ago
  • 70 employees of HBO Max streaming service lose jobs

    25 mins ago
  • Bus falls into gorge in Jammu and Kashmir, seven security personnel killed

    22 mins ago
  • KJo feels protective for Ayan Mukerji as much as his twins Roohi, Yash

    34 mins ago
  • Android 13 rolled out with new features for Pixel devices

    38 mins ago
  • Watch: Hyderabad resonates with ‘Jana Gana Mana’ as people sing national anthem on streets

    51 mins ago
  • SBI launches Utsav fixed deposit scheme on account of 75th Independence Day

    1 hour ago

company

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

business

  • Subscribe

telangana today

  • Telangana
  • Hyderabad
  • Latest News
  • Entertainment
  • World
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Science & Tech
  • Sport

follow us

© Copyrights 2022 TELANGANA PUBLICATIONS PVT. LTD. All rights reserved. Powered by Veegam