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Two Middle East countries reported new MERS-CoV cases today, including four in Oman and one in Saudi Arabia, according to separate health ministry announcements.
All 10 US regions are showing elevated flulike illness, and pediatric deaths have reached 22.
Japanese researchers describe two H3N2 flu viruses with mutations that may increase antiviral resistance.
Three more pediatric flu deaths were reported, bringing to 19 the number of deaths in children this season.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today recorded 3 new cases of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), bringing the total for 2018 to 196 confirmed cases. The confirmed cases are among the 357 reports that CDC received of patients under investigation.
2018 has seen the most AFM cases of any year since the CDC began tracking the mysterious illness in 2014.
The CDC estimates 2.9 million to 3.5 million have needed to see a doctor, and up to 83,500 have been hospitalized for flu.
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who received the seasonal influenza vaccine had a38% reduction in influenza-related hospitalizations compared with those who were unvaccinated. The findings, based on a Canadian study, are published in Chest.
Today Saudi Arabia's ministry of health (MOH) reported a new MERS-CoV case, the third case connected to a household cluster in Riyadh. The notice came in an epidemiologic week 2 notification.
Nineteen states report high flu-like illness activity, and pediatric deaths rose to 13.
The 2009 H1N1 strain is dominant, except in the Southeast, where H3N2 is more common.
