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Weekly numbers show that 2% of U.S. deaths for week 5 were due to the flu. COVID was responsible for 1.5% of deaths in the nation, the numbers show.
The U.S. is in the midst of its first “high severity” flu season in seven years. Flu activity has slowed in recent weeks, but experts warn that the season isn’t over yet.
The 2024-2025 flu season, which has caused an estimated 19,000 deaths so far, is now classified by the CDC as “high severity.” In the U.S., flu season typically starts in October and peaks ...
So far this season, the CDC estimates, there have been at least 5.3 million flu illnesses, 63,000 hospitalizations, and 2,700 deaths — including at least 11 children. It’s not clear if this winter respiratory virus season will be any worse than others. So far it seems relatively typical, at least for kids, Newland said.
During the 2023-2024 flu season, the vaccine was 42% effective at preventing the flu, according to CDC data. The season before that, it was 30% effective. ... Report: Rob Gronkowski, 35, eyeing ...
From survey data CDC estimated that 51.8% of persons six months and older were vaccinated during the 2019–20 flu season, an increase of 2.6 percentage points from the prior season. [5] FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee selected the following strains for the vaccine: [6] an A/Brisbane/02/2018 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus
Why is this flu season so bad? ... for Disease Control and Prevention said last Friday in their latest FluView report. ... to the CDC. The 2024–2025 flu season has caused an estimated 24 million ...
On November 7, the CDC reported asymptomatic bird flu infection in 4 workers at dairy farms. The workers didn't recall ever being sick but had antibodies showing that they had been infected with bird flu. [98] On November 22, the CDC confirmed the first case of bird flu in a U.S. child, being the 55th case of bird flu in humans in the U.S.