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Connecticut health officials urge flu shots as RSV and influenza rise
Summary
Department of Public Health officials and hospital clinicians warned of rapidly rising influenza and RSV activity, urged flu vaccination ahead of the holidays and said early indicators point to increased hospitalizations in older adults and children.
Commissioner Jutani convened the Department of Public Health Commissioner’s Advisory Committee and opened by pointing to the department’s public dashboard as evidence that respiratory viral activity is increasing statewide. “Flu is here and with us,” she said, and DPH said it would issue an imminent press release urging people who have not been vaccinated to get their flu shot.
Clinicians at Yale New Haven Children’s and Connecticut Children’s reported sharp rises in pediatric influenza and RSV admissions. Tom Murray of Yale New Haven Children’s…
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