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US CDC logs 216 child flu deaths
Manila Bulletin
|May 4, 2024
More US children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday.
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The 216 pediatric deaths reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eclipse the 207 reported last year. It's the most since the 2009-2010 H1N1 global flu pandemic.
It's a startlingly high number, given that the flu season is still going on. The final pediatric death tally for the 2023-2024 flu season wasn't counted until autumn.
"This number that we have now is almost certainly an undercount, and one that when the season is declared over, and they compile all the data it's almost certain to go up," said Dr. Sean O'Leary, of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
There are likely several contributors to this season's severity, but a big one is that fewer children are getting flu shots, added O'Leary, a University of Colorado pediatric infectious diseases specialist.
The flu vaccination rate for US children has plummeted from about 64 percent five years ago to 49 percent this season.
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