The CDC includes Kansas on its high activity list - one of the many states with the most ER visits for respiratory illnesses ranging from the common cold, to covid, to the flu and respiratory syncytial virus or RSV.

When broken down by state, most of the country is experiencing elevated respiratory illness, including a few states with “very high” ratings that act as national hotspots, CDC data shows.

A number of states are seeing a spike in hospital visits caused by respiratory illnesses as we enter the New Year.