This week in outbreaks

Outbreaks for week of February 20, 2023

Respiratory diseases

I’m beginning to think that the groundhog meteorologists were right: six more weeks of winter—or winter flu season, at least. Influenza-like illness (ILI) did not budge one bit this week, making it the fourth week in a row that we’re stuck just above baseline.

During the week ending February 11, 2.6% visits to the doctor for fever an…