TRIPLEDEMIC

The winter’s “tripledemic” of respiratory viruses impacted nearly 40 percent of U.S. households, with someone there getting sick with the flu, COVID-19 or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), according to a new survey from KFF released…

An exhausted mother of four brought in her youngest child, not even 6 months old, to the doctor’s office where I was working for a barking, unending cough. The baby struggled to catch her breath and threw up her milk as she cried. Her test…

Massachusetts Democrats sent a second letter to Johnson & Johnson’s CEO on Thursday to once again demand more information on the shortages of children’s Tylenol and Motrin. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Democrat Reps. Ayanna…

PITTSBURGH — You can remove the term "tripledemic" from your vocabulary — for now.As respiratory viruses ticked upward in late November, health officials braced for what they called a "tripledemic" of RSV, flu and COVID-19 cases leading…

Walgreens has lifted a limit it placed on online purchases of children’s pain medication after it received increased supply to address rising demand nationwide.  The retail and pharmacy chain announced last month that it needed to…

At the first sign of a sniffle or stormy weather ahead Lourdes Lopez keeps her 10-year-old daughter, Alison, home from school.Alison has Down syndrome and is more vulnerable to illness. A cold can be a major hardship, Lopez said, not only…

Forty-seven. That’s how many days of childcare Kathryn Anne Edwards’ 3-year-old son has missed in the past year. RSV, COVID-19 and two bouts of the dreaded preschool scourge of hand, foot and mouth disease struck one after another. The…

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus continued dropping in Colorado, though it’s not clear if severe flu cases will also start to decrease. As of Tuesday, 306 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in Colorado, down…

The 'tripledemic' in America could soon reach its end - as cases of both the flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) have cratered for the second straight week.In its weekly flu report today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

A nationwide shortage of cold, flu and fever medicines for children is causing some drug store chains to limit purchases of the products amid a "tripledemic" this holiday season. "In this holiday season, we have three problems. We…