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US influenza statistics by flu season. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention page called "Disease Burden of Flu": "Each year CDC estimates the burden of influenza in the U.S. CDC uses modeling to estimate the number of flu illnesses, medical visits, hospitalizations, and deaths related to flu that occurred in a given season.
An estimated 44% of adults and children in the U.S. have gotten the flu shot this season, compared to over 50% during most previous seasons, per CDC data. Rates are even lower among school-aged ...
That week, public health labs reported 4,377 viruses to the CDC, and 4,264 of them were the flu. The CDC said that this season, the agency estimates there have been at least 24 million illnesses ...
The worst flu season in years is swamping California, ... According to the latest state report, the hospitalization rate had climbed to 10.1 new admissions per 100,000 people, the highest mark of ...
The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years. One indicator of flu activity is the percentage of doctor’s office visits driven by flu-like ...
The 2017–2018 flu season was severe for all US populations and resulted in an estimated 41 million cases, 710,000 hospitalizations and 52,000 deaths. This is the highest number of illnesses since the 2009 flu season, when there were an estimated 60 million cases. [6]
From survey data CDC estimated that 51.8% of persons six months and older were vaccinated during the 2019–20 flu season, an increase of 2.6 percentage points from the prior season. [5] FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee selected the following strains for the vaccine: [6] an A/Brisbane/02/2018 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus
While health officials recommend the annual flu shot to those older than 6 months, only about 44% of adults got flu shots this winter, the AP reported. Children's vaccinations dropped from 50% to 45%.