State of Affairs: Oct 12

The climate of respiratory health in the United States.

It’s heeeere. The official start of the respiratory season kicked off last week.

Here is your first State of Affairs for this fall/winter.

Influenza-like illnesses

Every Friday, the CDC updates their “influenza-like illness” (ILI) data. This is a database where providers tally patients who presented with ILI—a fever, a cough, and/or sore throat—at their…