Q&A: Will we have a ‘tripledemic’ this year?

Medical Xpress September 19, 2024
Alice Berry, University of Virginia

There’s a chill in the air, students are back in school and summer’s colors are fading—cold and flu season is nearly upon us.

For the last three years, health care providers have warned of a “tripledemic,” during which rising cases of COVID-19, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, potentially burden already-beleaguered health systems.

But there are ways to keep yourself healthy this cold and flu season. UVA Today reached out to University of Virginia nursing professor and family nurse practitioner Jeanne Alhusen for tips on preventing illness and telling the difference between COVID, the flu, RSV and other common viruses.

What illnesses should people be concerned about this fall and winter?

The flu, COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus or...

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