May 2, 2024 · Despite safety and effectiveness, COVID vaccination rates remained lower than flu vaccination rates — and resulting death rates put this in a grim light.

Feb 16, 2018 · Hospitalization rates have also increased this season, and many have compared the overall seasonal hospitalization rate to that of the most recent severe influenza season, 2014-2015.

Jan 7, 2025 · The first human patient in the United States with a confirmed case of avian influenza has died, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Health. The individual was older than ...

Oct 17, 2018 · Kansas Reports Two Deaths . Two adults in Kansas have died as a direct cause of influenza. Pneumonia or influenza was a contributing factor in the death of 132 individuals and pneumonia was a ...

Feb 24, 2020 · Thirteen children died from influenza-related illness during the week ending February 15, for a total of 105 this season. This is the second highest number of flu deaths in children since the ...

Jan 6, 2020 · Influenza has caused at least 6.4 million illnesses, 55,000 hospitalizations, and 2900 deaths so far this season; influenza activity has been elevated for 8 weeks.

Apr 3, 2017 · The study included deaths in US residents younger than 18 years who had laboratory-confirmed influenza virus infection reported to the Influenza-Associated Pediatric Mortality Surveillance System.

Oct 9, 2009 · Deaths among children related to H1N1 flu have already reached 76 at what is normally the beginning of the flu season; pediatric deaths from the past 3 flu seasons have ranged from 46 to 88.

Dec 13, 2017 · Between 291,000 and 646,000 people die each year globally from seasonal influenza-related respiratory illnesses, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...

Jun 26, 2012 · New estimates suggest that the number of deaths that occurred during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic may have been 15 times higher than reports to the World Health Organization initially ...