Eight more children died of influenza this week, bringing the season total to 52.
The loss of activity is equivalent to 15% of the US population becoming completely immobile for 1 day.
Adult COVID-19 patients also infected with the flu are 4 times more likely to need mechanical ventilation and 2.4 times more likely to die.
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The authors recommend using portable air purifiers that stir up and clean the air or, in the case of close contact, wearing an N95 respirator.
The CDC estimates 19,000,000 illnesses, 250,000 hospitalizations, and 10,000 deaths due to flu this season.
In the 2024-25 flu season, state officials noted 441 influenza-related deaths and the state's highest level of influenza-like illness ever recorded.
ICE raids are leading a growing number of people across the state to cancel important and even life-saving medical appointments.
Cases rise as government leaders minimize the need for vaccines.
But vaccine uptake was suboptimal, particularly for the flu vaccine.
The CDC says 5,000 people nationwide have died from influenza so far this season.
More than 50 counties in Arkansas have logged at least one case of whooping cough.
For flu, the sensitivity of the definition was 76% and specificity was 31%; for RSV, those numbers were 71% and 39%, respectively.
A COVID diagnosis was associated with 76% higher odds of death within 30 days.
