Deaths due to influenza are most common among the elderly, with a mortality rate of around 7.4 per 100,000 population during the 2021-2022 flu season. In comparison, the mortality rate for those aged 50 to 64 years was just 1.2 per 100,000 population. Flu vaccinations The most effective...
, commonly known as "the flu," is a virus that affects millions of people in the United States each year. Most people recover after a short bout of illness. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that between 1999 and 2022, 1.8 of every 100,000 people in...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers analyzed data from the 2019–2020 flu season, when a record-breaking 199 flu deaths in U.S. children were reported to the CDC and when most flu activity was caused by two viruses that were different from the virus used in the vaccine. ...
Deaths of the unfortunate flu victims in this pandemic would have been increased by the therapy of severe repeated venesection so beloved of the surgeons of the time. The first great flu pandemic which was widely recorded was the Russian flu of 1889–1893, which returned annually until 1901. ...
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...
The expected number of deaths from Spanish influenza in the Czechoslovak Republic can be calculated using mathematical methods and relevant data. The Spanish flu pandemic tested the readiness of hospitals and nursing care to fight infectious disease of the new created state...
Adults ages 65 years and above are at greater risk than younger, healthy adults due to weakened immune systems. Typically, these older adults account for most flu-related deaths and more than half of flu-related hospitalizations. Pregnant women, as well as those who have delivered a baby in ...
The2022-2023 flu seasonstarted earlier than usual, with cases rapidly increasing in some states as early as October, TODAY previously reported. And it shows no signs of slowing down as infections, hospitalizations and deaths continue to rise across the country. ...
had been 57 confirmed human cases of the disease worldwide, the majority of which were in the United States (44) and Cambodia (10), with a single case also reported in Australia, China and Vietnam. Of these, three cases were fatal, with two deaths in Cambodia and one death in Viet...
Excess deaths in England and Wales in 2014-15 were the highest for 15 years, the Office for National Statistics has reported, largely because of an ineffective flu vaccine.1 An estimated 43 900 excess winter deaths occurred in England and Wales from December to March 2014-15, the highest num...