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LOS ANGELES — California officials are urging preventive measures to thwart the spread of respiratory illnesses and alleviate a health system already contending with the triple threat of COVID-19, influenza and RSV.

Every fall and winter, viral respiratory illnesses like the common cold and seasonal flu keep kids out of school and social activities. But this year, more children than usual are ending up at emergency departments and hospitals.

Peru has reported its first outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza as the disease swept through some wild pelicans, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Friday.

An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has spread through chicken and turkey flocks in 46 states since it was first detected in Indiana on Feb. 8, 2022. The outbreak is also taking a heavy toll in Canada and Europe.

“Everyone needs to be on high alert now in order to protect the industry and ensure confidence food safety within the poultry sector."

Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs generally caused by bacteria and viruses. The most common bacterial cause of pneumonia is a type of bacteria called Streptococcus pneumoniae, while Influenza or the flu is the common viral cause of pneumonia. The estimated worldwide incidence of community-acquired pneumonia varies between 1.5…

Influenza is definitely making its presence known in school classrooms and in communities across the state. Kentucky's public health commissioner, Dr. Steven Stack, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls it the quickest and sharpest uprise of flu in a decade.

As the days get shorter and the weather colder in the northern hemisphere, health officials have warned of a perfect storm of infectious respiratory diseases over the winter months.