'I would hope that we'll have a boring summer,' an infectious disease specialist at the Cleveland Clinic says. Slight upticks in viruses are causing infectious diseases experts to be on alert ahead of the 2023 summer.
It's too soon to know whether those cases will result in a new wave of severe sickness. As temperatures rise, people will increase their chances of getting infected just by gathering inside in air conditioned areas, behind closed windows and doors.
On a hopeful note, hospitalizations from Covid have fallen consistently since the beginning of the year, according to theEnterovirus is an umbrella term for many different viruses, such as hand, foot and mouth disease, and even the typical summer cold. These viruses usually spread by coughing and sneezing.
"That's the virus that we anticipate seeing in the summertime," said Dr. Amina Ahmed, chief of pediatric infectious diseases and immunology at Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina. Now in 2023, it is unclear whether the virus will resume its old patterns."We're always on the lookout," Ahmed said.Bugs in different areas of the world can harbor a variety of illnesses.. Doctors say that urge could lead to an increase in travel-related illness, too.
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