US warned of 2032 hospital crisis A growing shortage of beds may end up seeing "tens to hundreds of thousands of excess American deaths each year," researchers said. Newsweek

U.S. hospitals are on track for a crisis come 2032 that may lead to hundreds of thousands of additional deaths each year.

An intense flu season is filling hospitals with severely ill patients | CNN The US is in the throes an unusually intense and severe flu season, with hospitalization rates topping the levels seen with Covid-19 at some points of the pandemic. Brenda Goodman, Neha Mukherjee CNN

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On top of the flu infection itself, doctors say they’re seeing large numbers of patients with some of its most devastating complications.

Flu activity remains high in most regions of the U.S. as a winter wave of respiratory illness sweeps across the country. The post-holiday surge in flu cases and hospitalizations is straining many hospitals, leading to overflowing emergency rooms and prompting some facilities to limit patient visitors.

This trend is expected to continue for the several more weeks, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its latest FluView weekly surveillance report for the week ending Jan. 11.