As respiratory virus season begins, federal shutdown leaves critical gap in surveillance

Government shutdown halts virus reports ahead of cold and flu season

The ongoing government shutdown has stopped respiratory virus surveillance, affecting important federal reports on the flu, COVID-19 and RSV. These reports have not been updated in a month, even as virus activity increases.

As respiratory virus season begins, federal shutdown leaves critical gap in surveillance

The federal government shutdown has brought respiratory virus surveillance to a halt at the national level, leaving local governments, health systems and the general public with critical blind spots as the season starts to ramp up.

Shutdown leaves gaps in states' health data, possibly endangering lives – RamaOnHealthcare

As the federal shutdown continues, states have been forced to fall back on their own resources to spot disease outbreaks—just as respiratory illness