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Respiratory diseases slam in the United States: "Perfect storm for a terrible holiday season"

Respiratory diseases slam in the United States: “Perfect storm for a terrible holiday season”

Enlarge / An intensive care nurse tends to a patient with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), who is being ventilated in the children’s intensive care unit at the Olga Hospital of the Stuttgart Clinic in Germany. With SARS-CoV-2 still circulating and seasonal viruses including influenza and RSV making up for lost time during the pandemic, the …

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Annual event in southern Utah highlights suicide prevention and sparks hope during the holiday season

Annual event in southern Utah highlights suicide prevention and sparks hope during the holiday season

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Sponsors an International Suicide Survivors Day, November 2022 | File image, St. George News ST. GEORGE-On the Saturday before Thanksgiving, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention sponsors an International Suicide Survivors Day for people across the country. Teresa Willie, prevention specialist for Washington County, helped organize this event for …

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OUWB medical students bring healthy dose of holiday cheer to local hospital

OUWB medical students bring healthy dose of holiday cheer to local hospital

Sixteen medical students representing all current OUWB classes took the time on Friday to spread some holiday cheer in the form of Christmas carols at Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital in Royal Oak. The event was led by student organization OUWB DocApella and Spinal Chords, as well as the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Interest …

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Viral holiday swap could worsen Minnesota's flu, RSV and COVID numbers

Viral holiday swap could worsen Minnesota’s flu, RSV and COVID numbers

The worst of respiratory virus season is likely coming to Minnesota, infectious disease experts predicted Thursday, despite a recent drop in hospitalizations of children with respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. Minnesota’s 355 flu-related hospitalizations in the week ending Nov. 26 were up from 319 a week earlier, according to the state’s update Thursday. This trajectory …

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