Viruses and other bugs could make a summer comeback

Is Covid ticking up? Viruses and other bugs could make a summer comeback, doctors say Doctors are on the lookout for worrisome upticks in Covid, human metapneumovirus and enteroviruses. NBC News

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Instead of the typical flu season, the U.S. endured a record mix of invasive strep infections, flu, RSV, enteroviruses and other respiratory illnesses that competed with Covid to make most Americans sick at some point.

It might not be over yet.

Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a spring spike of human metapneumovirus. HMPV is a respiratory virus that's related to RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) and is usually spread through coughing, sneezing or touching surfaces that contain infected respiratory droplets.

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