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Sneezes and sniffles Sask. flu season may have peaked

Sneezes and sniffles Sask. flu season may have peaked

Hawaii was the only state not experiencing widespread flu activity as of Friday. The flu is a respiratory illness caused by viruses.

People with underlying illnesses continue to be at highest risk, but it has also struck healthy people including young children. During the same time period, 211 flu cases in ME required hospitalization, about 27 percent.

The flu is affecting people over 65 years of age the most and there have been 54 reported flu deaths in Canada this season, the FluWatch report said.

But while no one disputes this is a bad year for flu, Jernigan said it's too early to tell if this flu season is more severe than recent seasons, including the 2014-15 season.

Montgomery County health officials confirmed a man in his 70s died January 9 due to the flu.

So far this winter, there have been 93 flu-related deaths in England, according to Public Health England.

"It looks like it's starting to level out", said the CDC's Lynnette Brammer, who oversees flu tracking.

According to the NHS, flu symptoms may include a sudden fever, with a temperature of at least 38C, diarrhoea or stomach pain, and nausea and vomiting.

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The session, planned months ago, is part of a regular series of monthly webinars the CDC holds on health topics called Public Health Grand Rounds, officials said.

"We will see other flu viruses start to circulate later during the flu season and most flu vaccines protect against all four of those circulating viruses".

"If you are eligible for the flu vaccine, get it now - contact your GP practice to book into a flu clinic".

"Right now, the CDC is estimating that the vaccine effectiveness is at about 32 percent". It's not yet known how effective the vaccine is for this season.

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta said there has been an increase in flu cases in children this season.

Official stats show 53 flu sufferers were admitted to intensive care wards in the past fortnight, with cases doubling in just a week. The CDC is calling it an epidemic.

At Cone Health Hospitals - doctors are seeing higher numbers of flu patients every week. Although Phillips didn't have specific figures, he said there have been a large number of people present with flu-like symptoms and "given the scale of the situation around the state, the treatment protocols are to go on and treat it as flu if one presents with those kind of symptoms". "We don't have a crystal ball".

MDMH has had a few people admitted with severe influenza cases and related complications since December, which is earlier than past year, when the first hospitalizations occurred in March, Merritt said. However, about 40 percent of the cases were for influenza B, a less virulent strain.

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