Respiratory Illnesses on the Rise Across the US, CDC Warns

The CDC said that cases of respiratory viruses are on the rise across the U.S.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, in Atlanta, on April 23, 2020. Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an advisory about a recent increase in respiratory illnesses across the United States.

In an update posted on Dec. 1, the federal health agency said the country is seeing “elevated” activity of RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, in young children. It also stated that influenza cases are increasing across most of the country and that COVID-19 has seen an increase in recent days, namely in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions.