A 5-year-old girl died of influenza in New York over the weekend, marking the fourth child death from the virus this season in the city. Representatives of the city health system did not provide any additional information about the situation of the deceased child, calling on residents ...
In the United States, 10 more children have died from the flu, bringing the total number of child deaths to 63, federal health officials said Friday, February 9, writes USA Today. In recent reports, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) warns that canine flu is a dangerous viral infection that affects dogs and cats, writes the Miami Herald. Florida has reported 20 cases of pet illness since December. There were also cases of the virus in Arkansas, Carolina, ...
In Oregon, a woman died of the flu after emergency doctors sent her to treat the flu at home, writes CNN. Doctors attribute death to a poorly understood phenomenon in the immune system. In Portland, Oregon, Thandie Harmon and her friend were making final preparations for ...
In New Jersey, a 4-year-old girl died of the flu. This is the first officially reported death this season, NBC reported, citing officials. Her name and address were not disclosed. According to NJ.com, the girl lived in Central Jersey. It is reported that the girl ...
The spreading virus is very similar in symptoms to the flu, but even worse. Sometimes even doctors cannot tell the flu from adenovirus, so they prescribe a treatment like for the flu, writes NBC News. The risks are so high that the US military vaccinates recruits right away ...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed an executive order to fight flu in the state, writes ABC News. The order will allow pharmacists to administer influenza vaccines to children between the ages of two and eighteen. Over the past week, officials say the state had ...
The government Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that epidemic levels of influenza have been recorded in all US states except Hawaii, writes Voice of America. According to CDC forecasts, if the epidemic continues to spread at this rate, about 34 million people will have the flu by the end of the season.…
Flu is rampant in all states except Hawaii (and the District of Columbia), according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, writes CNN. Last week, 11718 new laboratory-confirmed cases of the disease were registered and 7 of them were deaths ...
Against the background of a high level of influenza in New York in January, 4 child deaths were recorded. It is reported by the New York State Department of Health. Influenza cases peaked on both coasts. Nationwide, 15 child deaths have been reported during this ...