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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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.
According to the latest update on global flu from the World Health Organization (WHO), influenza rates in the northern hemisphere have continued to rise, with influenza A dominating the season. The update covers the 2 weeks from Nov 26 through Dec 9.
Eight of 10 regions report flulike illness at or above baseline, and 1 more child has died of flu, bringing the total to 7.
Public Health England (PHE) announced today its investigation into 28 cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP, known in the United States as acute flaccid myelitis) reported in England this year, most of them since September.
Flu levels are rising in some parts of the country, but nationally activity is still low, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its latest weekly flu update.
