Of 41 children, 27% died within 3 days after symptom onset, 91% of them from cerebral herniation; only 1 had been vaccinated against flu.
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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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.
More than half of postgraduate hospital trainees self-reported that they come to work while experiencing influenza-like illness (ILI) symptoms, despite also saying that doing so poses a risk to patients, according to a study yesterday in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Several indicators show a downward trend, but deaths in kids have reached 68 and hospitalizations continue to climb.
In updates for epidemiologic weeks 10 and 11, the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) announced five new cases of MERS-CoV today and over the weekend, including two in Wadi ad-Dawasir, the site of an ongoing hospital-based outbreak.
Clinic visits for flulike illness drop a bit, but other major indicators rise.
Scott Gottlieb, MD, announced today that he will resign as commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the coming weeks to spend more time with his family.
Pediatric flu deaths have now reached 56, and activity is widespread nationwide.
Hospitalization rates are up, and 7 new deaths in kids are reported, raising the season total to 41.
