The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday released a dashboard tracking hospitalization rates for laboratory-confirmed COVID-19, flu and Respiratory Syncytial Virus by age group, sex, race/ethnicity, state and season based on data from select counties in 13 states, which the agency will update weekly. CDC also released another dashboard tracking weekly emergency department visits for COVID-19, flu and RSV by age group and percent of all ED visits based on data from the National Syndromic Surveillance Program.

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The South Carolina Department of Public Health reported Feb. 27 that the state’s measles outbreak is at 985 cases, up six cases from Feb. 24. Nationally, there…
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Feb. 26 announced that an infant botulism outbreak that sickened 48 babies who consumed ByHeart formula is over…
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The measles outbreak in South Carolina has increased to 979 cases, the state’s Department of Public Health reported Feb. 24. The agency said there have been 21…
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Feb. 19 released a report on the low use of COVID-19 antiviral drugs among individuals age 65 and older, a…
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The ongoing measles outbreak in South Carolina has reached 973 cases, the state’s Department of Public Health reported Feb. 20. Of those, 906 cases are…
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The South Carolina measles outbreak has grown to 950 cases, the state’s Department of Public Health reported Feb. 13. Of those, 246 cases are under age 5, 611…