As the flu season ends, Colorado doctors are keeping an eye on the rise of measles cases nationwide.
11 News checked in with UCHealth, who reported a fairly typical 2023/2024 flu season, with a peak around the holidays. Doctors also say there were no major strain changes for COVID-19 this season.
“One difference I would say is that, we still saw a lot of RSV. We think of RSV as certainly being a player in the respiratory season, but not like it is. Some of this also might be that we now have diagnostics, that you test for it more often, so maybe it’s always been there, we just didn’t fully appreciate in adults how many people get RSV, because we think of this as more of a kid’s disease,” said Senior Medical Director for Infection Control and Prevention Dr. Michelle Barron.