Health experts worry about rise of COVID-19, flu after holidays

MARCH…. AND TONIGHT… THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT A RESURGENCE COULD BE ON THE HORIZON… KRISTEN BERTEL IS READY TO RING IN THE NEW YEAR … BUT IF YOU’LL BE CELEBRATING WITH HER… YOU BETTER MAKE SURE YOU’RE FEELING WELL… <(CLIP: 89 4843 – 00;09;37 – 00;09;39): “IF YOU’RE COUGHING, WEAR YOUR MASK, OR YOU’RE UNINVITED!”> BERTEL AND HER FRIEND SHERRI SAY EVEN THREE YEARS INTO THE PANDEMIC… THEY’RE STILL TAKING THEIR PRECAUTIONS… <(CLIP: 89 4843 – 00;09;18 – 00;09;27): “I JUST WANT TO ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS AS BEST I CAN, BUT ALSO WHEN I PLAN IT, KNOW HOW BIG WILL THE GROUP BE THAT’S GONNA BE THERE.”> BUT OTHER GRANITE STATERS SAY… THEY AREN’T AS CONCERNED… <(CLIP: 89 4841 – 00;07;17 – 00;07;18): “WE’RE OUT HAVING FUN.”> <(CLIP: 89 4845 – 00;11;44 – 00;11;45): “IT FEELS LIKE BACK TO NORMAL!”> THE WORRY OF SOME THOUGH ISN’T IN VAIN… BECAUSE ACROSS THE COUNTRY… AND IN NEW HAMPSHIRE… COVID AND FLU ILLNESSES HAVE BEEN STRAINING HOSPITALS… <(JOHN BROWNSTEIN ZOOM BOSTON CHILDREN’S COVID – FLU – 00:01:49 – 00:01:52): “THIS IS BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO NEW YEAR’S EVE.” > STATE DATA SHOWS COVID-RELATED HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED IN THE LAST WEEK… NOW THEIR HIGHEST SINCE AT LEAST MARCH… <(JOHN BROWNSTEIN ZOOM BOSTON CHILDREN’S COVID – FLU – 00:01:52 – 00:02:01): “WHAT WE’RE WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER, MANY PEOPLE WITH COVID NOT TESTING ON STAYING HOME WHEN THEY’RE SICK AND LEADING TO A SURGE INTO JANUARY.”> AND WITH NEW COVID-19 SUBVARIANTS ON THE RISE… AND FLU TRANSMISSION PERSISTENT… EPIDEMIOLOGIST JOHN BROWNSTEIN SAYS IT’S CRITICAL PEOPLE STILL FOLLOW THAT FAMILIAR COVID PLAYBOOK … <(JOHN BROWNSTEIN ZOOM BOSTON CHILDREN’S COVID – FLU – 00:02:39 -00:02:42): “WE DON’T WANT TO GET OVERCONFIDENT.” > HE AND EXPERTS ALSO SAY… IF YOU’RE SICK… THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO THIS NEW YEAR’S EVE… IS JUST STAY HOME… LIVE IN THE STUDIO… ARIELLE MITROPOULOS… WMUR NEWS 9… D-H-H-S IS RESPONDING TO A STATEMENT FROM DENNIS ECKERSLEY AND HIS FAMILY ABOUT THE INCIDENT INVOLVING THEIR DAUGHTER ALEXANDRA AND HER NEWBORN BABY. DHHS SAYS IN PART: “EXPANDED COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING NH RAPID RESPONSE, A CENTRALIZED ACCESS POINT WITH MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE THAT WAS LAUNCHED ON JANUARY 1, 2022, AND THE DOORWAYS SYSTEM THAT IS ACCESSIBLE ON A 24/7 BASIS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS DEALING WITH SUBSTANCE MISUSE. ” MEMBERS OF THE ECKERSLEY FAMILY SAY THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO HELP THEIR DAUGHTER WITH HER MENTAL ILLNESS INCLUDING HOSPITALIZATION AND SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS. ALEXANDRA ECKERSLEY IS CHARGED WITH ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD, RECKLESS CONDUCT AND FALSIFYING PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. A SUSPECT IS NOW BEHIND BARS IN PENNSYLVANIA… ACCUSED IN THE MURDERS OF FOUR COLLEGE STUDENTS IN IDAHO. NEXT ON NEWS 9: HOW THEY TRACKED HIM DOWN… AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. AND YEARS OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TAX RETURNS… NOW PUBLIC. WHAT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT HIS FINANCES WHILE IN OFFICE. LET’S GO TO JACQUELINE THOMAS WITH YOUR WAKE UP WEATHER. TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. .SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING, THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS AROUND 50. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. TONIGHT — A NEARLY TWO- MONTH SEARCH FOR A SUSPECTED KILLER… IS OVER. POLICE SAY BRYAN KOHBERGER STABBED FOUR UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO STUDENTS TO DEATH. HE’S NOW BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY — IN PENNSYLVANIA. REPORTER MIKE VALERIO EXPLAINS HOW POLICE TRACKED DOWN THE SUSPECT. 28-YEAR-OLD BRYAN KOHBERGER, A GRADUATE STUDENT STUDYING CRIMINAL JUSTICE AT WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN PENNSYLVANIA IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDERS OF FOUR UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO STUDENTS.. BILL THOMPSON, LATAH COUNTY PROSECUTOR: “A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT WAS FILED YESTERDAY HERE IN LATAH COUNTY CHARGING THE DEFENDANT, MR. KOHBERGER, WITH 4 COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN ADDITION TO FELONY BURGLARY WHICH INVOLVED ENTERING THE RESIDENCE WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT THE CRIME OF MURDER.” SOURCES BRIEFED ON THE INVESTIGATION SAY AUTHORITIES NARROWED THEIR FOCUS TO KOHBERGER AFTER TRACING HIS OWNERSHIP OF A WHITE HYUNDAI ELANTRA SEEN IN THE AREA OF THE KILLINGS AROUND THE TIME OF THE DEATHS. CHIEF JAMES FRY, MOSCOW POLICE: “WE’VE RECEIVED OVER 19,000 TIPS AND HAVE CONDUCTED OVER 300 INTERVIEWS.” THE NOVEMBER KILLINGS HAVE ROCKED THE SMALL COLLEGE TOWN OF MOSCOW, IDAHO.. WHICH HAD NOT RECORDED A MURDER SINCE 2015.. COLONEL KEDRICK WILLS, IDAHO STATE POLICE: “THESE TRAGIC MURDERS TOOK 4 YOUNG, VIBRANT LIVES FROM OUR COMMUNITY. NOTHING WE DO CAN BRING THEM BACK. THE ONLY THING THAT WE CAN DO IN LAW ENFORCEMENT TO HONOR THEIR MEMORIES, THAT WE KNOW OF, IS TO BRING THIS TO A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION.” THE HOME WHERE THE FOUR STUDENTS WHERE MURDERED IS STILL CONSIDERED AN ACTIVE CRIME SCENE.. POLICE SAY THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO EVENTUALLY HAND IT BACK OVER TO THEM.. AND HAVE BEEN REMEDIATING THE HOME.. BY REMOVING POTENTIAL BIOHAZARDS AND OTHER HARMFUL SUBSTANCES USED TO COLLECT EVIDENCE.. BUT NOW WITH KOHBERGER’S ARREST.. CHIEF JAMES FRY, MOSCOW POLICE: “HOUSE CLEANUP HAS BEEN HALTED AND THAT CAME BY A LEGAL REQUEST FROM THE COURT.” MIKE VALERIO, WMUR NEWS 9. SIX YEARS OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S REDACTED TAX RETURNS ARE NOW PUBLIC. THE DEMOCRATIC- LED HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE PUBLISHED THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF TRUMP’S TAX DOCUMENTS FROM 2015 TO 2020. THEY REVEAL HE PAID LITTLE OR NO INCOME TAX FOR SEVERAL YEARS AFTER CLAIMING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LOSSES. TRUMP, WHO HAS BEEN FIGHTING TO SHIELD HIS RETURNS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR YEARS IS BLASTING THE RELEASE. TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. .SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING, THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS AROUND 50. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT…SHOWERS. AREAS OF FOG. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. CHANCE OF RAIN 90 PERCENT. .NEW YEARS DAY…PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING, THEN PARTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE EVENING. .MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. .MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. .TUESDAY…A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. .WEDNESDAY… MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. .THURSDAY… PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. HIGHS AROUND 40. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT. .THURSDAY NIGHT…A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT. MAKING THE MOST OF A TRAVEL DISASTER. AFTER THE BREAK.. THE WOMAN WORKING TO HELP WITH SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHTS BACK ON TRACK TONIGHT.. WE’RE HEARING STORIES OF THE TRAVELERS WHO HELPED EACH OTHER THROUGH A ROUGH FEW DAYS. STASSY OLMOS HAS THE STORY OF ONE WOMAN WHO PASSED THE TIME IN THE AIRPORT.. BY LOOKING OUT FOR STRANGERS. BRITTANY LOUBIER- VERVISCH, TAMPA TEACHER: THERE’S BAGS EVERYWHERE. THERE’S BAGS FULLY FILLING THIS SPACE BETWEEN THE ESCALATORS, I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT IT. BRITTANY LOUBIER- VERVISH IS DESCRIBING THE MOMENT SHE CAME DOWN THE ESCALATOR AT TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS WHEN HER FLIGHT TO DENVER WAS CANCELED. BRITTANY LOUBIER- VERVISCH, TAMPA TEACHER: “WE TALKED TO A COUPLE IN FRONT OF US AND SOME LADIES BEHIND US AND THEY’VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH TO THE AIRPORT FOR THREE TO FOUR DAYS EACH TO TRY TO RETRIEVE THEIR LUGGAGE. THEY’RE LIKE YEAH, WE HAD TO GO BUY ALL NEW CLOTHES.” WITH MORE THAN 10 THOUSAND SOUTHWEST FLIGHTS CANCELED ACROSS THE COUNTRY CHRISTMAS WEEK… HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS GOT SEPARATED FROM THEIR CHECKED BAGS AND EVERYTHING THEY OWN INSIDE. ONE OF THEM – RIVERVIEW RESIDENT GLENN RODRIGUEZ — GLENN RODRIGUEZ: “WHEN WE LANDED, ACTUALL

As holiday gatherings and travel wind down, health officials in New England are once again warning about a potential uptick in flu and COVID-19 cases.While data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that flu activity is minimal in New Hampshire, there has been a recent increase in hospitalizations.State data shows COVID-19-related hospitalizations have more than doubled in the past week to 60 people receiving care, the most since at least March. Hospital ICUs and emergency departments are near capacity.Across the country, nearly 80% of hospitalizations for COVID-19 are among people over 50. Health experts said they’re growing increasingly concerned about the potential for a resurgence after the holidays.”We’re seeing a rise in hospitalizations in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, likely driven by this new XBB (COVID-19) variant,” said John Brownstein, chief innovation officer at Boston Children’s Hospital. “And this is before we even get to New Year’s Eve celebrations, and what we’re worried about is people coming together, many people with COVID not testing or staying home when they’re sick and leading to a surge into January.”Health experts said anyone who is feeling sick should stay home this New Year’s Eve and get tested.

MANCHESTER, N.H. —

As holiday gatherings and travel wind down, health officials in New England are once again warning about a potential uptick in flu and COVID-19 cases.

While data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that flu activity is minimal in New Hampshire, there has been a recent increase in hospitalizations.

State data shows COVID-19-related hospitalizations have more than doubled in the past week to 60 people receiving care, the most since at least March. Hospital ICUs and emergency departments are near capacity.

Across the country, nearly 80% of hospitalizations for COVID-19 are among people over 50. Health experts said they’re growing increasingly concerned about the potential for a resurgence after the holidays.

“We’re seeing a rise in hospitalizations in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, likely driven by this new XBB (COVID-19) variant,” said John Brownstein, chief innovation officer at Boston Children’s Hospital. “And this is before we even get to New Year’s Eve celebrations, and what we’re worried about is people coming together, many people with COVID not testing or staying home when they’re sick and leading to a surge into January.”

Health experts said anyone who is feeling sick should stay home this New Year’s Eve and get tested.

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