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Pitkin County health staff say respiratory season waning; county tracking avian influenza, measles and mpox trends
Summary
Pitkin County public‑health staff told the Board of Health that seasonal respiratory illness activity is declining locally and nationally, while officials are monitoring H5N1 avian influenza in birds and mammals, a national measles resurgence and increased mpox cases in Colorado.
Carly, a public health official with Pitkin County Community Health Services, told the Pitkin County Board of Health on April 11 that local respiratory‑illness activity — including flu, COVID‑19 and RSV — has declined, but several other infectious‑disease risks require ongoing surveillance.
‘‘Locally and nationally, respiratory illness season is on its way out,’’ Carly said, summarizing CDC influenza‑like illness trackers and state signals. She noted that flu hospitalizations this season exceeded COVID‑19 hospitalizations in the county at times and that the flu season ran long compared with prior years.
Why it matters: respiratory seasons, measles outbreaks and emerging animal infections affect hospital capacity, immunization planning and local prevention priorities.
Avian influenza (H5N1) Carly described a global outbreak of highly…
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