• The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the recommendations for the viral composition of influenza vaccines for the 2023-2024 influenza season in the northern hemisphere. (mediamonitors.net)
  • Influenza activity in the United States during the 2022-23 season (October 2, 2022 - September 9, 2023) was moderately severe and was characterized by activity that returned to pre-COVID-19 levels but occurred earlier than is usual. (cdc.gov)
  • This report describes the extent and timing of influenza activity in the United States during the 2022-23 influenza season (October 2, 2022 - September 9, 2023) as reported to CDC by clinical and public health laboratories, outpatient providers, emergency departments, hospitals, vital statistics offices, and public health departments. (cdc.gov)
  • It also includes the composition of the Northern Hemisphere 2023-24 influenza vaccines and a brief update on influenza activity occurring during the summer of 2023 in the Southern Hemisphere. (cdc.gov)
  • The 2023 season runs from June 1 to November 30, with peak activity generally occurring in September. (nasa.gov)
  • United States, 2023-2024 Influenza Season', review strategies to increase influenza vaccination rates and highlight current health disparities in vaccination coverage, and describe considerations and best practices for coadministering influenza vaccines and other childhood immunizations. (cdc.gov)
  • The vaccine viral strains recommended by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the 2023-2024 Northern Hemisphere influenza season differ from those from the previous influenza season. (medscape.com)
  • All vaccines in the United States for the 2023-2024 influenza season are expected to be quadrivalent vaccines. (medscape.com)
  • This statement updates the recommendations of the American Academy abstract of Pediatrics for the routine use of influenza vaccine and antiviral medications in the prevention and treatment of influenza in children during the 2023-2024 influenza season. (cdc.gov)
  • Efficacy findings were based on analyses of data collected during May 2021-March 2023, which included two complete RSV seasons for Northern Hemisphere participants and one complete RSV season for Southern Hemisphere participants. (bvsalud.org)
  • Our perspective is looking down from above the Earth's northern hemisphere. (zeiss.com)
  • Our perspective is locked onto the Earth from directly above the Earth's northern hemisphere. (zeiss.com)
  • Students will learn about the seasons, the eccentricity of Earth's orbit, the specific heat of water, and the reason why Antarctica is colder than the Arctic. (oregonclimateeducation.org)
  • Students should already be familiar with the Earth's tilt and have basic knowledge of the seasons. (oregonclimateeducation.org)
  • This resource could be used in an Earth science or environmental science course when learning about Earth's orbit or the seasons. (oregonclimateeducation.org)
  • Other resources related to seasons include Earth's Seasons , Earth's Rotation & Revolution , and Effect of Latitude on Climate . (oregonclimateeducation.org)
  • Seasons are any of the four climatically different periods of the year that arise because of the tilt of Earth's rotational axis relative to the orbital plane. (daviddarling.info)
  • Thank our wacky seasons, and the 23.4 degree tilt of the Earth's axis for the variation in insolation. (universetoday.com)
  • In the Northern Hemisphere, spring is measured from the vernal equinox (21 March) to the summer solstice (22 June), summer from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox (23 September), autumn from the autumnal equinox to the winter solstice (22 December), and winter from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox. (daviddarling.info)
  • During the Southern Hemisphere's summer, the Earth is closer to the Sun. A common and understandable misconception is that the Southern Hemisphere's seasons would therefore be more extreme. (oregonclimateeducation.org)
  • Stars and planets are lining up for the change of seasons during the Northern Hemisphere's autumnal equinox-the first day of fall-which will happen in 2011 at 5:05 a.m. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Are Southern Hemisphere Seasons More Severe? (oregonclimateeducation.org)
  • This video explains how the oceans act as a moderator to prevent more severe seasonal temperatures in the Southern Hemisphere, even though it's closer to the sun in the summer and further from the sun in the winter. (oregonclimateeducation.org)
  • Fears of a severe flu season originated globally in Australia, which had an early spike in sick children, but it dissipated quickly and did not take an unusually harsh toll on the elderly. (startribune.com)
  • Other portions of the Southern Hemisphere didn't have severe flu seasons. (startribune.com)
  • After considering data on these and other virus isolates, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that the trivalent influenza vaccine for the 1990-91 season contain type A(H3N2) A/Guizhou/54/89-like antigen and retain the type A(H1N1) (A/Singapore/6/86-like) and type B (B/Yamagata/16/88-like) components of the 1989-90 vaccine (1). (cdc.gov)
  • The four seasons are astronomically defined by the different positions of the Sun with respect to the equator . (daviddarling.info)
  • The Northern Hemisphere experiences more drastic temperature differences from season to season. (wavearcade.com)
  • Dynamics of seasonal growth in a long-lived Southern Hemisphere conifer are linked to early season temperature. (cabi.org)
  • From an astronomical point of view, the equinoxes and solstices are in the middle of the respective seasons, but a variable seasonal lag means that the meteorological start of the season, which is based on average temperature patterns, occurs several weeks later than the start of the astronomical season. (universetoday.com)
  • And based on estimates from statistical models, 7,000 to 26,000 related hospitalizations occurred per season in just children aged less than five years during the nine seasons before the COVID-19 pandemic. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition, 37 to 199 flu -related deaths have been reported per season in children less than 18 years of age during the most recent five pre-COVID pandemic influenza seasons. (cdc.gov)
  • In spring, a northern jet stream, which typically corresponded to warmer temperatures at the land surface, led to an earlier start of the growing season and a longer growing season, especially in cold systems north of the typical jet stream latitude. (rmets.org)
  • From a climatological perspective, the answer is no, according to Young, who explained that "there's something called the lag of the seasons where [for example] the temperatures continue to warm up after you've had the northernmost sunrise in the Northern Hemisphere" on the summer solstice. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi, founder of the Virtual Telescope Project, said in an email that the next week represents "the last, feasible chances" to see the comet from the Northern Hemisphere before it's lost in the sun's glare. (counton2.com)
  • The defined start of the seasons based on the sun's positions may seem counterintuitive. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • The 2012-13 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season may refer to one of three different basins and respective seasons: 2012-13 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, west of 90°E 2012-13 Australian region cyclone season, between 90°E and 160°E 2012-13 South Pacific cyclone season, east of 160°E This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title 2012-13 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season. (wikipedia.org)
  • The 2009 Northern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season may refer to: 2009 Atlantic hurricane season 2009 Pacific hurricane season 2009 Pacific typhoon season 2009 North Indian Ocean cyclone season This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title 2009 Northern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season. (wikipedia.org)
  • Initiation for learning the seasons: spring , summer , autumn and winter. (buofulldome.es)
  • In the rest of the hemisphere autumn was warmer than normal. (meteoinfo.ru)
  • D influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus specimens collected from uring the 2013-14 influenza season, influenza A(H1N1) 50 US states and 2 territories were tested for antiviral suscep- pdm09 virus was the predominant circulating virus tibility (1,811 virus isolates and 3,157 clinical specimens). (cdc.gov)
  • Influenza A(H1N1) isolates and influenza B isolates studied were similar to those used in the vaccine for the 1989-90 season. (cdc.gov)
  • Influenza A(H3N2) was the predominant virus during the 2022-23 influenza season as a whole and for each week from early October through the end of January. (cdc.gov)
  • During the 1989-90 influenza season, influenza type A(H3N2) viruses have caused most influenza activity worldwide. (cdc.gov)
  • In the 1989-90 season, influenza A(H3N2) activity began earlier than usual in the northern hemisphere. (cdc.gov)
  • The most prevalent group of viruses resembles the majority of viruses isolated during the 1988-89 influenza season and are similar to the H3N2 component of this year's vaccine (1,2). (cdc.gov)
  • As we continue to observe the jet stream response to global warming, it is important to consider cascading effects of jet stream variability on the length of the growing season, with big implications for land management and global food security. (rmets.org)
  • So for countries in the southern hemisphere who observe some form of DST, the dates of the time changes occur at opposite times of year from the United States. (nist.gov)
  • At the end of the season a verification report on the performance of the Met Office global model will be published. (metoffice.gov.uk)
  • Flu activity was unusually low throughout the 2020-2021 flu season both in the United States and globally, despite high levels of testing. (cdc.gov)
  • Included in the sale are the intellectual property rights associated with the non-agricultural operations necessary to support the continued growth of those operations globally, including trademarks associated with the "Hemisphere GPS" identity. (no-tillfarmer.com)
  • November and the entire Fall 2015 in the Northern Hemisphere was the warmest in the history of regular meteorological observations on the planet. (meteoinfo.ru)
  • The low level of flu activity during this past season contributed to dramatically fewer flu illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths compared with previous flu seasons. (cdc.gov)
  • In terms of hospitalizations, the cumulative rate of laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations in the 2020-2021 season was the lowest recorded since this type of data collection began in 2005. (cdc.gov)
  • Influenza vaccination may also contributed to reduced flu illness during the 2020-2021 season. (cdc.gov)
  • In modern times, the solstice points became the astronomical definitions of when the summer and winter seasons begin. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • You wouldn't know it as summer heats up in the northern hemisphere, but we're headed towards aphelion or the farthest point from the Sun for the Earth on July 4th at 152 million kilometers or 1.017 astronomical units (AU) distant. (universetoday.com)
  • Global satellite products of the growing season derived from greenness measures were paired with Northern Hemisphere jet stream indices which were based on the latitude of maximum westerly wind speed in the tropopause. (rmets.org)
  • All tropical cyclones in the southern hemisphere season in 2011-12 are listed below including details of their start and end dates and maximum sustained wind (MSW). (metoffice.gov.uk)
  • A summary of tropical cyclone activity in the Northern Hemisphere for the 2013 season together with an assessment of the performance of the Met Office global model in predicting the tracks of these tropical cyclones. (metoffice.gov.uk)
  • Depending on where you're surfing, you'll find that some places work all-year-round while other spots only work during certain seasons . (wavearcade.com)
  • In many places in the Southern Hemisphere, you can find quality, consistent surf year-round. (wavearcade.com)
  • This movie shows how the sea ice around Antarctica and the South Pole changes from season to season throughout the year. (windows2universe.org)
  • SH seasons are within a single year (July-December) while NH seasons overlap a year boundary (November-May). (nasa.gov)
  • Spring in the Northern Hemisphere at the spot marked by a cross on the globe commences on the equinox of March 20/21 (A), when day and night are equal in length, and is followed by the summer solstice on June 20/21 (B) (the dates vary because of leap years), when the North Pole is at its closest to the Sun and the day is the longest of the year. (daviddarling.info)
  • Winter in the Northern hemisphere begins on 21/22 December (D), when the day is shortest in the the year. (daviddarling.info)
  • But in the Northern Hemisphere, the change in seasons occurred on September 22nd for the year of 2010. (universetoday.com)
  • Interestingly enough, in this hemisphere, the end of the summer season is also dependent on whether or not it is a leap year (during leap years, an extra day is added). (universetoday.com)
  • In the Southern Hemisphere, the last day of summer was February 28th since 2010 was not a leap year. (universetoday.com)
  • Year describes the first year of the influenza season (northern hemisphere). (who.int)
  • During the 2022-23 influenza season, the included clinical laboratories tested 4,023,390 respiratory specimens for influenza viruses using clinical diagnostic tests. (cdc.gov)
  • Did new flu viruses circulate during the 2020-2021 flu season? (cdc.gov)
  • During the 2020-2021 flu season, there was very low circulation of seasonal flu viruses. (cdc.gov)
  • however, antiserum prepared to these viruses reacted well with A/Shanghai/11/87-like viruses from the 1989-90 season. (cdc.gov)
  • This virus also reacted poorly with antiserum to the 1989-90 vaccine strain, but, in contrast to viruses in the first group, did not produce ferret antiserum that reacted well with the majority of viruses from the current season. (cdc.gov)
  • ABSTRACT The World Health Organization (WHO) formulates recommendations for viruses to be included in vaccines for the influenza seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres on the basis of analyses by its collaborating centres (CCs). (who.int)
  • Of the 22 countries in the Region, Identification of representative candi- enza/surveillance_monitoring/fluid/ 15 have NICs that are recognized by date influenza viruses is an essential en/) and FluNet (http://www.who. (who.int)
  • whether the Northern Hemisphere may see a similar flu season trend as we exit the summer months. (togetheragainstflu.com)
  • The march of the seasons-winter, spring, summer, and fall-stems from the "clearly definable" position of the sun on the summer and winter solstices, according to Judith Young , a professor of astronomy at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • In the Northern Hemisphere, June features the summer solstice, while in the Southern Hemisphere, June marks the first day of winter. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • After all, in the summer, daylight begins to grow shorter just as the season officially begins. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • According to meteorologists, summer extends for the whole months of June, July and August in the northern hemisphere and the whole months of December, January and February in the southern hemisphere. (universetoday.com)
  • Here's an article about the summer solstice , and here's an article about the Earth seasons . (universetoday.com)
  • It's summer here in the Northern Hemisphere. (earthsky.org)
  • Also, the Summer Triangle serves as a stellar calendar, marking the seasons. (earthsky.org)
  • So when the stars of the Summer Triangle light up the eastern twilight dusk in middle to late June, it's a sure sign of the change of seasons, of spring giving way to summer. (earthsky.org)
  • In the southern hemisphere, the reverse is true, as today's solstice marks the start of winter. (universetoday.com)
  • However, it's unclear if the early start to the respiratory virus season will result in an extended season or just an early peak followed by a milder winter. (startribune.com)
  • Observations of the column-averaged dry molar mixing ratio of CO2 above both Park Falls, Wisconsin and Kitt Peak, Arizona, together with partial columns derived from aircraft profiles over Eurasia and North America are used to estimate the seasonal integral of net ecosystem exchange (NEE) between the atmosphere and the terrestrial biosphere in the Northern Hemisphere. (nasa.gov)
  • This series of images shows aerosols (particles in the air) over the Amazon each September, the peak of the fire seasons, from 2005 through 2008. (nasa.gov)
  • For a third of the Northern Hemisphere landmass, the length of the growing season was modulated by jet stream position in the spring and fall. (rmets.org)
  • Surprisingly, in fall, a northern jet stream led to shorter growing seasons for most systems. (rmets.org)
  • During the start of fall 2011, "Jupiter is by far and away the brightest point-like object in the sky, but later in the season it is going to get competition from Venus," MacRobert added. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Since the equinoxes fall roughly halfway between the solstices, they got pegged as the starts of the other two seasons, fall and spring, Young said. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • EST which marked it as the first day of fall in the Northern Hemisphere. (universetoday.com)
  • The 2022-23 influenza season was characterized by an early increase in seasonal influenza activity, with activity increasing nationally early in October 2022 and peaking in early December 2022 (Figure 1). (cdc.gov)
  • Children consistently have the highest attack rates of influ- nent of the vaccine is new for this season .6,7 enza in the community during seasonal influenza epidemics. (cdc.gov)
  • Since data on influenza vaccine recommendations were not collected for the EU/EEA countries in the 2008/2009 and 2013/2014 seasons, information from the 2007/2008 and 2012/2013 seasons were used as a proxy for vaccination policies in 2008/2009 and 2013/2014 respectively for these countries. (who.int)
  • Track forecast errors were a little above last season's average, but skill scores were very high. (metoffice.gov.uk)
  • However, skill scores against CLIPER were little different to last season. (metoffice.gov.uk)
  • According to reports, Arsenal are already starting to 'get fed up' with Germany international Kai Havertz following his rough start to the season. (yahoo.com)
  • At the same time, the Northern hemisphere influenza season is starting. (allafrica.com)
  • Track forecast errors were above last season's average. (metoffice.gov.uk)
  • There was a slow and right-of track bias which resulted in track forecast errors above last season's average. (metoffice.gov.uk)
  • However, overall, forecasts were good with track forecast errors either near to or below last season's average. (metoffice.gov.uk)
  • Track forecast errors were above last season's average due to a slow bias. (metoffice.gov.uk)
  • Track forecast errors were low at short lead times, but at longer lead times near to or above last season's average. (metoffice.gov.uk)
  • Some mean error statistics for last season are also included for the purposes of a comparison. (metoffice.gov.uk)
  • Track forecast errors were lower than last season at short lead times, but higher at longer lead times. (metoffice.gov.uk)
  • Varsho caught 26 games for the Arizona Diamondbacks last season. (yahoo.com)
  • However, it is unclear how plants respond to that influence, especially as resources limiting plant growth vary throughout the growing season. (rmets.org)
  • Here, we examined the seasonal impacts of jet stream position on the length of the growing season across the Northern Hemisphere. (rmets.org)
  • Croplands were mixed in their growing season response to the jet stream, reflecting the impact of land-use and management on growing season length. (rmets.org)
  • We show that the estimates of NEE may have been biased low by too weak vertical mixing in the transport models used to infer seasonal changes in Northern Hemisphere CO 2 mass from the surface measurements of CO2 mixing ratio. (nasa.gov)
  • While final estimates are pending, early estimates based on survey data suggest flu vaccination uptake for 2020-2021 was similar to the prior season, with small increases among some groups of people and small decreases among other groups of people. (cdc.gov)
  • A first look at comparing surf seasons around the world begins by comparing the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. (wavearcade.com)
  • However, because the Southern Hemisphere is 81% ocean, and with water needing more energy to heat than land, the seasons there are not more extreme. (oregonclimateeducation.org)
  • Children, especially those younger than 5 years and those age and influenza B Victoria lineage components are with certain underlying medical conditions, can experience unchanged from the previous season. (cdc.gov)
  • These findings suggest that corresponding warming may lower the water available to plants in this season when water is critical for sustained growth. (rmets.org)
  • Stargazers across the Northern Hemisphere should catch a glimpse as soon as possible - either this week or early next - because it will be another 400 years before the wandering ice ball returns. (counton2.com)
  • Leading Minnesota pediatricians on Monday urged parents to consider alternatives to emergency room visits for mildly ill children during an early and busy flu season that is clogging hospital beds. (startribune.com)
  • Watch a movie of the daily progression through a season or the annual progression of the means for a month. (nasa.gov)
  • The ability of trees to draw water up from deep underground during the annual dry season and a lack of natural fire triggers-lightning rarely occurs without rain-meant that in most places, a fire might occur once in several hundred-or perhaps as many as 1,000-years. (nasa.gov)
  • But increasingly, the air over the Amazon is not clear, at least not during the annual dry season. (nasa.gov)
  • In order to understand why this date was pegged as the end of the season, we need to understand exactly how the season itself is measured. (universetoday.com)
  • Unusual late-season melting in Greenland turned the glacier's surface into a mishmash of ice, firn, melt, and dirt. (nasa.gov)