The 10 new flu-related deaths in children bring the season's total to 226, the most since 2009-10.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) released new details today about a MERS-CoV outbreak in Wadi ad-Dawasir, Saudi Arabia. Since January, officials have identified 61 cases in the city, of which 14 were in health workers, and 37 were thought to involve healthcare exposure.
Flu has sickened an estimated 36 million to 41 million people and hospitalized up to 610,000.
Enesi Pharma, a biotechnology company based in the United Kingdom, announced yesterday that it has partnered with the US Department of Health and Human Services Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to develop new flu vaccines using its ImplaVax technology.
Canadian data show that kids under 10 years may be especially vulnerable to the H1N1 strain.
An outbreak of 2009 H1N1 seasonal flu in a remote indigenous hill tribe in Laos killed 16 people and triggered a quick response from local health officials in Thailand, according to a report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which also assisted.
The flu season has now extended for 19 weeks, and pediatric flu deaths hit 82.
The Maryland State Senate and House of Delegates yesterday passed bills to strengthen a state law that restricts the routine use of antibiotics in animals that aren't sick.
Flu activity in most of the Northern Hemisphere is declining, with influenza A viruses still predominanting, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in an update that covers data to Mar 17.
The CDC, in an alert to clinicians, says flu season is likely to last several more weeks.
The CDC says the surging H3N2 strain is especially tough on older adults.
