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A patient is given a flu vaccine Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. Seasonal flu continues to pick up steam in the U.S. But among respiratory viruses, COVID-19 remains the main cause of hospitalizations and deaths, health officials said Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

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Flu is on the rise while RSV infections may be peaking, US health officials say
By MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer
Fri,12/01/23-1:12PM , 115 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Flu is picking up steam while RSV lung infections that can hit kids and older people hard may be peaking, U.S. health officials said Friday.
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A couple walks through a park at sunset, March 10, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. U.S. life expectancy rose in 2022 — by more than a year — after plunging two straight years at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new government report released Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. The rise was mainly due to the waning of the pandemic in 2022, researchers said at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

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US life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level
By MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer
Tue,11/28/23-3:49PM , 77 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. life expectancy rose last year — by more than a year — but still isn't close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A flu vaccine is readied at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center in Lynwood, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. On Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the U.S. flu season is underway, with at least seven states reporting high levels of illnesses and cases rising in other parts of the country. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

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The flu is soaring in seven US states and rising in others, health officials say
By MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer
Fri,11/17/23-11:24AM , 204 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. flu season is underway, with at least seven states reporting high levels of illnesses and cases rising in other parts of the country, health officials say.
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Instructional materials are posted on a wall of a kindergarten class in Maryland on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school attendance vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

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US childhood vaccination exemptions reach their highest level ever
By MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer
Thu,11/09/23-12:04PM , 116 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said Thursday.
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