Typically, the flu season peaks in later winter months, noted the CDC. "This is severe and early flu season in terms of case numbers of hospitalizations and deaths," Dr. Marc Siegel, a Fox News medical contributor and professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City,...
There have been at least 3.1 million flu illnesses, 31,000 hospitalizations and 1,800 related deaths so far this season, the CDC estimated. The number of reported flu-related hospital admissions has increased each week for the past seven weeks, according to the CDC. The CDC continues to reco...
State CDC says flu cause of deaths for 3 young MainersWALTER GRIFFINOF THE NEWS STAFF
The CDC claims that 80,000 people died from the flu, or complications of flu, last year. This number is the highest number in over four decades. Dr. Robert Redfield, director of CDC, made the big reveal last Tuesday night while speaking to The Associated Press. Some health experts were ...
The flu hit early this season, as the weekly hospitalization rate peaked in December and has declined since then, according to CDC data. The flu has caused 25 million illnesses, 280,000 hospitalizations and 18,000 deaths since October. More than 100 children have died from the flu this...
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released its new weekly report about the flu.The CDC said there have been 16 more flu-related deaths reported this week, bringing the total number of pediatric flu-related deaths
(HealthDay)—Flu vaccines protect children against serious illness, even when the vaccine doesn't match the circulating flu virus, according to a new study that reinforces the importance of flu shots.
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The article presents an update on the H1N1 swine flu virus from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the U.S. in August 2009. According to the CDC's Dr. Anne Schuchat, the virus causes severe deaths and disease in younger adults and older children in the Southern Hem...