Infants are more vulnerable than older children to severe illness from viruses like the flu and RSV, and symptoms can include vomiting and diarrhea for roughly one-third of kids.
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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There have been an estimated 31 million illnesses, 380,000 hospitalizations, and 23,000 deaths from flu so far this season.
Increased post-COVID risk was noted for pulmonary embolism, abnormal breathing, fatigue, hemorrhagic stroke, brain fog, and palpitations.
The 30- and 90-day mortality rates for infected patients were 12% and 19%, respectively.
So far this season, 139 children have died from the virus, and about 85% with a known vaccination status were unvaccinated.
Outpatient visits for flu are below the national baseline and weekly hospital admissions continue to fall, but 4 more pediatric flu deaths were reported this week.
Giving Tamiflu to 70% of nursing home residents within 2 days of an outbreak is linked to significantly fewer hospitalizations.
There have been at least 28 million illnesses, 360,000 hospitalizations, and 22,000 total flu-related deaths this season, the CDC estimates.
The findings suggest that while humor may resonate in specific contexts, people favored straightforward, factual information.
So far this season, 101 children have died of flu, roughly 85% of whom were unvaccinated.
The findings provide further evidence against the COVID-19 lab-leak hypothesis.
