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CANBERRA, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Influenza vaccines have been made free for all South Australians in a bid to ease the growing pressure on the health system. Peter Malinauskas, the premier of South Australia (SA), on Sunday announced that flu vaccines would be made free until June 30 effecti...
That tracks withflu activity this year in Australia, which had an early and moderately severe influenza season, Schaffner said. Because the seasons are reversed between the United States and Australia, infectious disease experts here look to that continent to predict upcoming flu activity. “We anti...
"What we don't normally see is quite so many kids in hospital but a lot of this is due to high numbers. There'll be deaths for sure, and no doubt increased pressure on hospitals." Up until May 8 there had been 10,599 confirmed influenza cases in Australia compared to fewer than 1,...
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...
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...
Additionally, there have been 1,708 influenza-related hospitalizations -- 6.5% of which were admitted to intensive care units -- and 288 deaths associated with the virus in Australia to date during this season. Meanwhile, there was just one flu-linked hospitalization and no deaths last year,hea...
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In overall, a single-family system was more common (187/311: 60.1%) and families had an average monthly income of US$172. No deaths were recorded among enrolled cases. About 31.5% of patients (98/311) reported that they self-medicated with antibiot- ics (available over the counter in ...
Australia, which experiences winter ahead of the U.S., just had its worst flu season in five years. "I don't want to be alarmist, but I am concerned. We know that it's going to be a strain of flu that tends to be more severe," said Dr. Michael Phillips, an infectious disease...