New Yorkers are contending with a bewildering and miserable mix of symptoms as Covid, flu, R.S.V. and various mystery illnesses circulate. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Influenza”
New Yorkers Urged to Wear Masks Indoors as Covid, Flu and RSV Cases Rise
By Gotham Rex on December 9, 2022
An increase in Covid, flu and R.S.V. cases prompted city health officials on Friday to tell residents to wear high-quality masks indoors and in crowded outdoor settings. Source: New York Times
How Are You Approaching the Holidays?
By Gotham Rex on November 7, 2022
We’d like to know how you’re preparing for possible surges of Covid, flu and R.S.V. Source: New York Times
Covid, Flu and RSV Are Increasing Hospitalizations in NYC
By Gotham Rex on October 27, 2022
New Yorkers are falling ill with new variants of Covid and old illnesses like flu and RSV that masking and other precautions once held at bay. Source: New York Times
Why a Coronavirus-Flu ‘Twindemic’ May Never Happen
By Gotham Rex on April 8, 2022
Scientists are exploring a theory suggesting that exposure to one respiratory virus helps the body fend off competing pathogens. Source: New York Times
Should People With Immune Problems Get Third Vaccine Doses?
By Gotham Rex on July 4, 2021
France is handing out third shots of the two-dose vaccines to cancer patients and others with immune system impairments. In the United States, patients like these are on their own. Source: New York Times
How to Identify the Different Symptoms of the Flu and Covid-19
By Gotham Rex on October 3, 2020
With fears of a “twindemic” in the United States this fall, here’s a guide to understanding what’s making you feel terrible. Source: New York Times
New York Will Test the Dead More Often for Coronavirus and Flu
By Gotham Rex on September 6, 2020
New regulations require a ramp-up in testing for patients with symptoms, as well as people who weren’t tested before they died. Source: New York Times
Fearing a ‘Twindemic,’ Health Experts Push Urgently for Flu Shots
By Gotham Rex on August 16, 2020
There’s no vaccine for Covid-19, but there’s one for influenza. With the season’s first doses now shipping, officials are struggling over how to get people to take it. Source: New York Times
Older Children and the Coronavirus: A New Wrinkle in the Debate
By Gotham Rex on August 14, 2020
A new report from South Korea throws into question an earlier finding regarding transmission by older children. Source: New York Times
In N.Y.C.’s Coronavirus Surge, a Frightening Echo of the 1918 Flu
By Gotham Rex on August 13, 2020
This spring, death rates rivaled those seen during the country’s deadliest pandemic, a new study finds. “What 1918 looked like is basically this.” Source: New York Times