The flu has killed a record 105 US children so far this season, officials revealed on Friday.
This week alone 13 children died from the flu, bringing the total child flu deaths from the virus to 105, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) weekly data report stated.
The new data from the CDC reveals this is the second highest flu-related deaths among children on record by the organization in one season. The highest recorded deaths comes from 2009 during the flu pandemic.
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Flu season has been “unusual” this year with a higher number of children and young adults getting the viral infection. Typically, the virus hits the elderly population the most.
Dr. Buddy Creech, an associate professor of pediatric infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, told CNN the prevalence of influenza B, which most commonly impacts children, this season could be the cause of the higher numbers.
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A worker in protective clothing, including face mask and gloves, carries a bucket as he works inside of The County Oak Medical Centre in Brighton, southern England, after it closed for “urgent operational health and safety reasons”, following reports a member of staff was infected with the strain of the novel coronavirus
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Members of staff wait as coaches carrying Coronavirus evacuees arrive at Kents Hill Park Training and Conference Centre, in Milton Keynes, after being repatriated to the UK from the coronavirus-hit city of Wuhan
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People hoping to buy face masks crowd outside a medical supply shop that was raided by police for allegedly hoarding and overpricing the masks, as public fear over China’s Wuhan Coronavirus grow in Manila, Philippines. The Philippine government has been heavily criticized after failing to immediately implement travel restrictions from China, the source of a deadly coronavirus that has now killed hundreds and infected thousands more
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People line up to buy face masks from a medical supply company in Nanning, southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Countries began evacuating their citizens from the Chinese city hardest-hit by a new virus that has now infected more people in China than were sickened in the country by SARS
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Children with face masks wash their hands before prayer at Erawan shrine in Bangkok. Thailand has detected eight Coronavirus cases so far
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A member of the Hong Kong government’s Civil Aid Service gestures at the entrance to the Lady MacLehose Holiday Village which is being used as one of two quarantine centres for people who have been in close proximity with suspected cases of a SARS-type virus. Hong Kong will turn two holiday camps, including a former military barracks, into quarantine zones for people who may have come into contact with carriers of the Wuhan virus, officials announced
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Gabriel Leung, right, chair professor of public health medicine at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, speaks about the extent of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak in China
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“This is the first time in 25 years where [influenza B] became so common so early,” he said.
It is believed the peak of influenza B at the start of flu season is what resulted in the number of children getting the virus. One problem with the strain, Dr Creech said, is the symptoms are hard to determine.
“Often influenza B is more likely to cause gastrointestinal symptoms than influenza A, though both can in young children,” he said. “Some parents don’t recognize these symptoms as part of influenza…which may delay thinking of influenza and delay treatment.”
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Another reason for the high flu-related deaths among children could be because flu season is more severe this year, leading to higher totals overall.
The CDC also released its interim flu vaccine effectiveness (VE) estimates on Thursday to inform the public on how the shot is working to curb the virus. It labeled the current flu shot to be “substantial protection” for children ages six months to 17 years old.
“The VE findings reported today proe important eence that 2019-20 flu vaccines are working to protect children. This flu season has been especially bad for children,” the report stated.
An anti-vaccination movement has rooted itself in the US, but experts remain firm on imploring people to get the shot each season.
“[The] CDC recommends that everyone six months and older be vaccinated against flu if they have not already.”
