Flu

A combination of COVID-19, flu and RSV are pushing Idaho hospitals to capacity, state health officials announced during a news conference Thursday afternoon.

Health officials across the Mountain West are facing a triple threat of increased infections of COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. Many hospitals, especially pediatric facilities, report being short on staff and beds as they grapple with a surge in patients.

A look at this years flu season and it's impact on the Gem state.

Now that the fall season has arrived in the Gem State, so has the flu. Our Morning Edition host George Prentice sat down with Dr. Leslie Tengelson with Idaho Health and Welfare to find out more about this year's flu season.

The U.S. hasn’t contained COVID-19, but all of these public health precautions have certainly done a number on the flu.

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It's flu season, so public health officials are pushing the flu shot, but many in the Mountain West are particularly bad at taking that advice.