. >> jacqueline howard is following these developments. what more do we know about the outbreak?utbreak is being driven by a lack of vaccination. just this morning columbus is reporting another unvaccinated case bringing that 55 up to 56. also just this morning, jim and erica, i spoke with the head of the national association of county and city health officials. she told me, quote, it could take a few months before we get this outbreak under control. that's because of how widespread this outbreak has become. we know that measles is so infectious that if an infected person enters a room or they're on an elevator or restroom and they sneeze or cough the virus can linger in the air for up to two hours. that's why health officials are on high alert. there's message to parents out there, if you have young children who haven't completed their measles vaccine, make sure they're up to date. many kids may be behind because many doctor's visits were stalled during the pandemic. all the cases are in children. 12 cases in instance, 28 in kids ages 1 to 2, 13 in ages 3 to 5, 5 and older in ki

. >> cnn's health reporter jacqueline howard joins us.these numbers this morning. these are not numbers from the past few months, so i imagine there is also concern that the state-by-date disparity could grow even more? >> the rates in these states were already high, but the death rates are from recent years '18 through '22. the researchers looked at states currently restricting abortion access, that's one group, compared death rates in those states with those that currently still preserve abortion access. two findings stood out. number one, the researchers found maternal death rates among states were 62% higher in the states with abortion restrictions, compared with the states that provide currently still access to abortion. another interesting finding, number two, the researchers found that peri natal deaths were 16% higher. so now that we're in a post-roe america, the concern is that these numbers could get even worse, because some providers might be hesitant to practice in these states with restrictions. that would then limit the numb

cnn's health reporter jacqueline howard is joining us now, so, jacqueline, as a mom, i can tell you thatot of parents so what are experts looking at? >> yeah, abby, i can tell you the general consensus among experts is that it's highly likely we'll see another surge in january following the holidays and what they're looking at specifically are three different factors, number one they're looking at holiday travel and as we've seen, many people have been at crowded airports while we've seen flight cancellations and flight delays, so that provides the perfect opportunity for respiratory viruses to spread. number two, they're also considering how we're gathering more for the holidays. we have new year's parties coming up this weekend. that's another opportunity for viruss to spread. and then number three, abby, we also know that many people are not masking, some people still haven't gotten their flu shots. some people are still not up to date on their covid vaccinations, so that also provides opportunity for the virus to spread. so those are three factors that experts are really looking at a

cnn's jacqueline howard is live in atlanta with the new research. ou that the study shows that mental health emergency department visits are on the rise and some of those patients revisit the hospital within six months. so we're looking at visits alone. and what the researchers did, they looked at more than 200,000 pediatric patients across 38 different hospitals. this is between the years of 2015 to 2020. and you see the findings here. the researchers saw mental health visits increased by 8% annually. and 13% of those patients revisited the emergency department within six months. whereas in comparison, all other emergency department visits increased by only 1.5% annually. so that is what is concerning. and some of the mental health visits were for self-harm and some parents brought in their children for aggressive behaviors. so you see a wide range of mental health crisis here. and the researchers say this is an example of why we need to improve our mental health care and services and improve staffing and doing a better job of identifying patients w

cnn health reporter jacqueline howard is here now. , tell us what we know, first we need to know about this trial. it sounds like this is really good news. >> reporter: that's right, victor. this is really exciting science. now, i should say this is a phase 1 clinical trial. so it was done on a small group of volunteers. and i spoke with one of the researchers just moments ago. she said they are doing another phase 1 study that's currently under way. but these early results are promising. and here's why. the researchers looked at 48 healthy volunteers. half of them were given the vaccine as a two-dose regimen. the others were given a placebo. in the vaccine group some of the participants griffin a low dose regimen, some were given a high dose. but overall almost all of the participants in the vaccine group except for one showed vaccine induced broadly neutralizing antibodies. now, again, these are rare antibodies that the researchers were specifically looking for. and this is a sign that this vaccine regimen could potentially offer som

cnn's jacqueline howard joins us to break down the numbers.izations after theholidays. what are they telling you? >> reporter: there's a reason why flu activity in the united states is still very high, and here are the latest numbers from the cdc released just this morning. so we do know that so far at least there have been 13 million flu illnesses. about 120,000 people have been hospitalized due to flu, and we know there have been 7,300 deaths and sadly, bianna, 21 of those were pediatric deaths, so in children. that's where we are right now, and if you look at this map of respiratory virus activity across the country, all but seven states as you see on this map are experiencing high or very high levels of activity. the blue is the highest, and then the dark red is where there's high activity, and only seven states, again, are not having this high to very high respiratory activity happening. so we are hearing from many health officials across the country. they're encouraging people. get your flu shot if you haven't already. the measures such

jacqueline howard has the details. >> reporter: flu activity remains high across the country right nowst numbers. so far due to the flu at least 13 million people have been sick. 120,000 hospitalized. more than 7,000 deaths from flu have been reported. and 21 of those reported deaths have been in children. according to the cdc, all but seven states are experiencing high or very high levels of respiratory virus activity right now. in new york city, health officials issued an advisory saying everyone should wear masks indoors in public, even if you have gotten your flu shot or had flu before. and other prevention measures like washing hands frequently, saying home when sick. and of course getting up to date on your vaccinations. back to you. >>> associate executive director of the permanente medical group joins me now from san francisco. thank you so much, doctor, for joining us. you oversee millions of patients in california. give me a sense of how busy your hospital emergency rooms are right now. >> i'm going to tell you, this is the busiest we have ever been. >> including during the c

cnn health reporter jacqueline howard has more. >> reporter: we're learning because of how widespreadmeasles is, it could take a few months until this outbreak comes under con control. we're learning that this outbreak is being driven by a lack of vaccination. columbus public health officials confirmed as of friday, among 64 measles cases in this outbreak, 61 were unvaccinated. the remaining three were partially vaccinated, meaning, they completed only one of the two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine that's needed to be fully vaccinated. then 25 of the cases were hospitalized, and all cases have been in children, with the majority, 70%, in ages 1 to 5. columbus public health officials are urging parents to get their young kids vaccinated if they aren't already. that's because this is just one example of what can happen when children are not up to date on their childhood immunizations. that gives a highly contagious virus like measles the opportunity to spread within a community. measles is to contagious that if one infected person coughs or sneezes in a room, the virus c

. >> cnn's health reporter jacqueline howard brings us up to speed on the very latest. >> reporter: flu numbers. so far due to the flu 13 million people have been sick. 120,000 hospitalized. more than 7,000 deaths from flu have been reported. and 21 of those have been in children. according to the cdc, all but seven states are experiencing high or very high levels of respiratory virus activity right now. in new york city, health officials issued an advisory saying everyone should wear masks when indoors in public, even if you have gotten your flu shot or had flu before. you should wash your hands, stay home when sick, and getting upto date on your vaccinations. >>> hospitals in the united states are the fullest they have been since tracking began at the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic. about 80% of beds are in use nati nationwide. chris wallace sat down with dr. fauci and asked if the lockdowns worked. >> could we have been less restrictive about closing down the economy and focused, if not from the very start earlier on on the elderly. >> in the absence of vac tphaeubgz, that would

cnn health reporter jacqueline howard joins us with more. this seems stunning.help? >> it's absolutely stunning, and what this study shows not only emergency department for mental health on the rise but also many of those patients tend to revisit the hospital within six months, what the researchers did they looked at more than 200,000 pediatric patients, you see on the screen what they found, mental health visits increased by 8% annually and among those visits 13% of patients revisited the emergency department within six months, in comparison when you look at all other emergency department visits those increased by only 1.9% annually. you see the difference. for mental health visits some of them were due to self-help, anxiety disorders, some parents brought their kids in for showing aggressive behavior, this rise shows there's a need as a nation for us to invest more and support our mental health care services and for parents it's important to talk to their child about their mental health. >> it's really important that we treat mental health as we treat physical