The CDC first began probing a potential increase in 'pediatric intracranial infections' earlier last year, after doctors reported an uptick of these very rare hospitalizations, with many children infected by the bacteria Streptococcus.
The CDC first began probing a potential increase in "pediatric intracranial infections" earlier, after doctors reported an uptick of these very rare hospitalizations, with many children infected by the bacteria Streptococcus.
But health authorities in Nevada were among those to raise the alarm over another surge of the very rare brain infectionsthat appeared to be climbing to levels beyond previous peaks seen before the pandemic. The seasonal patterns of respiratory infections like influenza and RSV had also been disrupted during the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic, before returning to larger peaks this past winter.
"During January-March 2023, case counts began to decline but remained above the baseline maximum. Although some variability between U.S. Census Bureau regions was observed, overall patterns were generally similar," the report's authors wrote.
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