COVID-19, flu, RSV cases ticking upward
Jan. 13—It’s winter, the cozy season that brings crackling fireplaces, indoor gatherings — and a wave of respiratory illness. Nearly four years since the pandemic emerged, people are growing weary of dealing with it, but the virus is not done.
Nationally, a sharp uptick in emergency room visits and hospitalizations for COVID19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, began in mid…