WINFIELD, Ill. (CBS) --The flu season is far from over, and as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared this season an epidemic, physicians were urging people to take precautions against the flu virus. "This is probably one of the worst flu seasons we've seen in c...
CDC Says Flu Season Starts Early, Could Be BadAssociated Press
According to reports, last season's flu vaccine was not very effective. An estimated 80,000 people died of the flu and complications arising from the virus last winter, making it the deadliest flu season in at least 40 years. Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the...
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Flu season this year more severe than those of last decade: U.S. CDC｜美疾控中心警告：今年流感季可能很严重 The flu has arrived significantly earlier this year, causing more hospitalizations at this point in the season than in the past decade, according to the latest data from the U.S. ...
year, Brammer said. Currently, influenza H3N2 is the predominant strain, she said, although H1N1 is also circulating. Last year, the H3N2 virus started out as the dominant strain, only to be displaced by H1N1 as flu season hit full swing. “It ended up being an H1N1 season,” she said...
While COVID-19 spread is on the decline, the flu season is just getting started. New data released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show influenza activity ramping up in several U.S. states.
Current guidelines call for annual flu vaccinations for everyone 6 months of age and older. How effective the vaccines are each year depends on how well they match the circulating virus, the CDC said. Preliminary estimates show last season people who were vaccinated against the flu were 40%-70...
The first flu-related pediatric death of the season was reported in the week ending Oct. 22, according to the CDC. The CDC recommends that everyone ages 6 months and older get a flu vaccine annually. "Vaccination helps prevent infection and can also prevent serious outcomes in people who get...
"Vaccination is providing substantial protection (VE = 55%) for children, who have been particularly hard hit by flu this season," the authors write. This season, influenza-like illness activity started early, during the week ending November 9, 2019, and 92 children have died so far. ...