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China’s COVID-19 data is not giving an accurate picture of the situation there and underrepresents the number of hospitalizations and deaths from the disease, a senior official at the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. The…

Colorado’s flu hospitalizations rebounded this week, dashing hopes that the unusually early season might already have peaked — though it’s still possible it could in the near future. The state’s flu hospitalization rate rose again after…

The number of COVID-19-positive patients in Los Angeles County hospitals rose slightly on Wednesday, Dec. 21, while the county reported another 3,080 new infections and 23 more virus-related deaths. According to state figures, there were…

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show the bivalent COVID-19 booster shot was effective at reducing the risk of hospitalization and emergency room visits by at least 50 percent. Two separate reports…

A virus that disproportionately hospitalized young kids is receding in Colorado, but the picture is more ambiguous for flu and COVID-19 as the winter holidays approach. The hospitalization rate for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV,…

By Carla K. Johnson and Laura Ungar | Associated Press Coronavirus-related hospital admissions are climbing again in the United States, with older adults a growing share of U.S. deaths and less than half of nursing home residents up to date…

The number of Los Angeles County residents in the hospital with the coronavirus decreased by 41 people to 1,267, according to the latest state data released Saturday, Dec. 10. Of those patients, 146 were being treated in intensive care, up…

For the first time since July, California hospitals have topped daily totals of 5,000 patients with COVID, an alarming sign as cases continue to spike from Thanksgiving with the next round of holiday gatherings on the horizon.…

Flu appears to be the top respiratory threat in Colorado for the next few weeks, as COVID-19 hospitalizations show some signs of leveling off. Since Oct. 2, 952 people in Colorado have been hospitalized with flu, and the level of…

Have you been guilty of going into goblin mode recently? If you don’t know what that means, don’t worry — we didn’t either. But it’s the Oxford Word of the Year for 2022.  Today in health, we’ll look at how this viral season is among…