Thousands of North Texas students are returning to school on Tuesday after two weeks of winter break. The return to school in the new year often goes hand-in-hand with cold outdoor temperatures and warm body temperatures.
North Texas has seen an uptick in some illnesses in kids, and this cold, dry weather isn’t helping.
“They’re seeing a lot more common respiratory illnesses, viruses, normal viruses such as rhinovirus, normal cough, and runny nose,” Dr. Cesar Termulo, a pediatrician at Parkland, said. “We are seeing an increase in flu and over the past week we’ve had an 18% increase in flu laboratory positivity.”
