Fewer U.S. health care workers are keeping up to date on their COVID-19 and flu vaccinations, according to two separate reports this week from the CDC. Two doctors gave input.

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According to a CDC spokesperson, the week ending on Jan. 25 was the first time the percentage of deaths due to the flu was higher than the percentage of deaths due to COVID.

According to a CDC spokesperson, the week ending on Jan. 25 was the first time the percentage of deaths due to the flu was higher than the percentage of deaths due to COVID.

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COVID-19 and the flu should be taken seriously, the agency said. In 2023, over 916,300 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, and 75,500 died from the disease, according to the CDC.

But the lab alert does not mean the CDC’s test cannot differentiate between COVID-19 and the flu. In fact, the CDC’s test was developed to look for the presence of a nucleic acid found only in ...

COVID-19 and flu should not be used in the same sentence in a guideline, he emphasized, in part because the guidelines treat COVID-19 like a disease that only spreads when people exhibit symptoms.

The CDC’s bird flu test is the only one the Food and Drug Administration has authorized for use right now. Shah said the agency has distributed these tests to about 100 public health labs in states.

As of Nov. 9, an estimated 35% of U.S. adults had gotten the new flu vaccine, and nearly 18% had received the new Covid vaccines, CDC data shows.