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The current vaccine includes a flu B strain, which can surge later in the season, so it can offer continued protection. You can take other simple actions to help prevent flu. "Flex those pandemic ...
Even so, lab-confirmed flu tests were at a 31.6% positivity rate the week ended Feb. 1, a statistic the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy called “eye-popping.”
According to the report, most flu statistics in the U.S. are trending up, including the positive flu infections (31.6%), the patients admitted to hospitals with the flu this week (48,661), and the ...
The CDC reports the highest level of flu cases since the swine flu pandemic of 2009. For the first time, the death rate for flu cases is higher than the mortality rate for COVID-19.
As of Friday, the CDC estimates that the flu has sickened 14 million people so far, with 150,000 flu-related hospitalizations and 9,400 deaths. There were at least 13 pediatric deaths from the flu ...
Flu activity remains high in most regions of the U.S. as a winter wave of respiratory illness sweeps across the country. The post-holiday surge in flu cases and hospitalizations is straining many ...
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.
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%.