2023-05-06 01:15:31
French.china.org.cn | Updated on 06-05-2023
A total of 149 pediatric flu deaths have been recorded in the United States this season, according to the latest statistics released Friday by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The CDC estimates that since the start of the season, the number of flu cases has risen to at least 26 million, the number of hospitalizations to 290,000, and the number of deaths to 19,000.
More than 900 people with the flu were hospitalized in the week ending April 29, according to CDC statistics.
The CDC recommends that everyone 6 months and older get the flu shot every year as long as the disease remains active.
Antiviral flu medications are also available by prescription to treat the flu, and this treatment should be started as early as possible once morest illness, according to the CDC.
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