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☆ Flu and other respiratory virus activity continues to ramp up across the US
  + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips Brenda Goodman | Deidre Mcphillips | Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +8 min
Across the United States, cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, and influenza are increasing. Influenza activity continues to increase in the US – the number of flu illnesses, hospitalizations and deaths so far this season nearly doubled in the past week. RSV cases are also increasing nationally, although there are regional differences in the circulation of these viruses, Romero said. In the South and Mountain West, RSV cases appear to have peaked in October. There are signs that RSV cases are slowing in the southern region of the US, but test positivity rates and cases continue to rise in other regions, especially the Midwest.
☆ America's 'Zoomtowns' are running out of water
  + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Kelli María Korducki | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +11 min
Remote workers aren't just driving up housing prices but also adding more of a burden to already water-strapped regions. Running out of waterAmerica's water crisis, which has been bubbling for years, has become dire. The lack of fresh snow means that less water makes its way into the river and its massive reservoirs — Lake Mead and Lake Powell — upon which the region depends for water. They found that statewide COVID-19 stay-at-home orders triggered "significant increases" in residential water consumption — a trend the researchers attributed, in large part, to remote workers. While population growth does increase water usage, it's (pardon the pun) a drop in the bucket of the bigger-picture crisis.
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