New CDC data shows flu activity is finally starting to decline nationwide — but infectious disease experts caution this season may not be over yet, particularly for children.
So far this flu season, the CDC estimates at least 19 million illnesses, 250,000 hospitalizations, and 10,000 deaths, with 44 pediatric deaths reported to date. While overall flu activity appears to have peaked, emergency department visits among school-aged children (5–17) increased last week, and seven states are still reporting very high flu-like illness levels.
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Elizabeth Choma is a pediatric nurse practitioner and clinical assistant professor at the GW School of Nursing.
Jennifer Walsh is a clinical assistant professor in the GW School of Nursing and primarily teaches pediatrics and health assessment.
Emily Smith, is an associate professor of global health and an expert in infectious diseases and epidemiology, at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health.
Asefeh Faraz Covelli is an associate professor in the Family Nurse Practitioner program at the GW School of Nursing.
April Barbour is an internist with The GW Medical Faculty Associates and an associate professor of medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Mia Marcus is an associate clinical professor at the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences and a primary care provider at Medical Faculty Associates.
Maria Portela Martinez is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the GW School of Medicine & Health Science and a family medicine physician.
Andrew Meltzer is a professor of emergency medicine and the chief of the clinical research section at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
David Diemert is the clinical director of the GW vaccine research unit and professor of medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Jose Lucar is an associate professor of infectious diseases at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Kelly Gebo is the dean of the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health. An infectious disease physician and epidemiologist, Dr. Gebo’s research has focused on disparities in access to care and outcomes among people affected by HIV, COVID-19, and other infectious diseases.
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