Is there a summer COVID-19 surge this year? Yep, it’s ramping up again - NPR
Health experts report a summer surge of COVID-19 across the United States, though cases remain relatively mild compared to previous years. Increased population immunity from vaccinations and prior infections is credited with keeping hospitalizations and deaths low.
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Understanding current COVID-19 trends is essential for public health awareness, particularly for vulnerable populations like the elderly and immunocompromised.
Hantavirus. Ebola. West Nile. Measles. And, of course, cyclospora — that stomach parasite making people miserable across the country. Americans have plenty to worry about this summer.
But remember COVID-19? It may not be surprising that many people may have almost forgotten about COVID. Unfortunately, COVID hasn't forgotten about us.
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"We're now in the midst of a growing summer surge of COVID here in the United States," says Dr. John Brooks , an infectious disease doctor at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., who used to work at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "I think most of us kind of feel like it's fading away and are certainly very grateful for that. But nationally we're seeing it ticking up pretty much everywhere."
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