The influenza “flu” season will make its annual return in the coming weeks as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Flu cases tend to increase in October and can occur as late as May. Last season, flu activity remained low, but Johns Hopkins Medicine experts are concerned that the 2021–22 flu season will likely be worse than last year, since mild flu seasons are often followed by more severe flu seasons. This, mixed with COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses that circulate in the fall and winter months, may lead to a surge in hospitalizations.
Available Johns Hopkins Medicine Experts
Flu and COVID-19 in Adults
Clinical Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Johns Hopkins HospitalProfessor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, The Johns Hopkins HospitalAssociate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Infectious Diseases Physician, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jade Flinn, M.S.N., R.N.Nurse Educator, Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit
Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Biocontainment UnitAssociate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins HospitalProfessor of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineDirector, Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
, M.P.H.Senior Director of Infection Prevention, The Johns Hopkins Health SystemAssociate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Infectious Diseases Physician, The Johns Hopkins HospitalProfessor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Associate Hospital Epidemiologist, The Johns Hopkins HospitalAssociate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Executive Vice Chair and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins HospitalCo-Principal Investigator, Johns Hopkins Center of Excellence in Influenza Research and ResponseProfessor of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Infectious Diseases Physician, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The Flu, Covid-19 and Children
Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Children’s CenterProfessor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Associate Hospital Epidemiologist, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist, Johns Hopkins Children’s CenterProfessor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Associate Hospital Epidemiologist, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist, Johns Hopkins Children’s CenterAssistant Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Experts Available at Other Johns Hopkins Health System Hospitals Howard County General Hospital
Infectious Diseases Physician, Howard County General Hospital
Infectious Diseases Physician, Howard County General Hospital
Section Chief, Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Howard County General Hospital
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterAssistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Hospital Epidemiologist, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterAssistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterProfessor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Nadia Eltaki, M.D.Director of Clinical Operations and Emergency Medicine Physician, Sibley Memorial Hospital
President and Chief Operating Officer, Sibley Memorial Hospital
Suburban Hospital
Medical Director and Chair of Pediatric Medicine, Suburban Hospital
Director of Emergency Medicine, Suburban Hospital
Hospital Epidemiologist, Suburban Hospital
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