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Influenza is surging in the U.S., with doctor visits for flu symptoms at a 15-year high. Why is this flu season so bad? Doctors discuss flu trends and prevention.
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 ...
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%.
The flu vaccine, for everyone ages 6 months and older, is crucial, Dr. Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, a medical epidemiologist in CDC’s Influenza Division, previously told USA TODAY. While it won ...
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 ...
“Rates [of people with the flu] are on the rise now and there is still time to get vaccinated if you have not done so yet to reduce your risk of getting the flu or if you do get the flu ...
The 1889–1890 pandemic, often referred to as the Asiatic flu [57] or Russian flu, killed about 1 million people [58] [59] out of a world population of about 1.5 billion. It was long believed to be caused by an influenza A subtype (most often H2N2), but recent analysis largely brought on by the 2002-2004 SARS outbreak and the COVID-19 pandemic ...
The U.S. is experiencing the highest number of flu hospitalizations in a decade, and there’s no sign that the virus is going to peak or go away in the coming weeks.With the busy holiday travel ...