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As a school nurse, I ensure that my students are up to date with their current vaccinations for both their own protection and that of other students. As an expectant mother, I received several vaccinations recently to ensure my own health and the health of my baby.

Nationally, COVID-19 levels are creeping up in wastewater testing, indicating rising case rates and more hospitalizations that will follow in a few weeks. At least 544 COVID deaths occurred in the U.S. the week ending November 11. That is the fewest deaths since the last week of July, but the number will rise if the number of infections continues to increase.

Wow! It’s fall fun time.. We look forward to the upcoming rifle deer season, holiday gatherings and conversations about the World Series and college football. but while we anticipate the upcoming holidays, we must initiate commonsense ways to protect ourselves, family and friends from COVID.

Lessons for saving a vacation when someone in your group tests positive for COVID.

COVID-19, flu, and RSV are respiratory infections caused by viruses. Healthy people generally recover from flu and RSV. This is increasingly true for COVID-19, although the high mutation rate makes it impossible to know whether COVID will eventually be as relatively benign as the common cold.

Here’s a distant early warning about a dangerous, yet invisible threat—that of illness and death from respiratory infections—now and in the coming winter.