flu season

Ohio’s top public health doctor is urging the public to take steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19, flu and RSV infections during holiday gatherings to mitigate the likelihood of a surge in illness in the new year.

Infectious disease experts are casting a wary eye towards the Southern Hemisphere as a worse-than-normal flu season raises the possibility of a "twindemic" this winter as both COVID-19 and influenza circulate. Cleveland area doctors are expecting a bad flu season, said University Hospitals infectious disease doctor Keith Armitage.

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The number of new coronavirus cases in Ohio has hit yet another record high; the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a municipality is not considered a victim under a new victims' rights law; the Ohio Department of Health has launched two new online features for people to track COVID-19 cases by ZIP code and get more data about flu cases and hospitalizations throughout the state; and more stories.

The Ohio Department of Health’s Melanie Amato says the flu season ramped up early this year. More than 400 Ohioans have been hospitalized so far. “We have…

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