The approach of spring brings with it the semiannual migration of wild birds which is, once again, raising predictions of avian influenza (AI) spread to poultry and fear of its spread to humans. The recent concerns are due primarily to...

The conclusions of a recent Cochrane review on the effectiveness of masks for respiratory illness transmission reduction (including COVID) has been widely reported by numerous news publications – with varying degrees of interpretation. While the initial headlines tended to state...

Norovirus is continuing to spread in both the U.S. and Canada, and with it is some misinformation on its control. With even major publications making statements on norovirus control, such as “Start with the same infection control measures for COVID-19,”...

In late January, the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee unanimously voted to recommend a single-shot COVID vaccine, consisting of the current bivalent vaccine. Although the FDA still needs to sign off on the recommendation before it would...

We are continuing to see an upward trend in norovirus outbreaks, as is reported by CDC on a monthly basis. While the trend is tracking fairly consistently with that of 2022,  there is a higher number of outbreaks than in...

As we, once again, see declining case rates of RSV, influenza and COVID, we remain optimistic about their continuing downward trends. In fact, COVID has decreased far enough in the U.S. that the Biden Administration announced the May expiration of...

The good news: we are seeing a significant decline in RSV, influenza, and COVID across much of the U.S. It is too early to say that we are past the typical winter spikes, but things look to be headed in...

While COVID appears to be on a downward trend across much of the globe, including the U.S., there continue to be hotspots and surges, particularly that of China caused by its sudden withdrawal of its Zero-COVID policy in December. Since...

COVID continues to make news in the U.S. and around the world. With the XBB.1.5 variant now the dominant strain in the U.S., there is some discussion about it potentially being the most transmissible variant thus far. However, TAG feels...

It may be a new year, but influenza, RSV, and COVID cases are all continuing to have an impact as we move into 2023. Currently RSV cases are showing a decline; flu is trending downward in most states with a...