A fifth unvaccinated San Diego County teenager has died from the flu

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A fifth unvaccinated San Diego County teenager has died from the flu

The 2024-25 flu season grows more deadly in the county’s latest weekly tracking report with 19 additional flu deaths listed, including a fifth teenager. While overall caseloads, and the percentage of patients visiting local emergency departments, continue to decline from the heights observed in January, the death total reached 150 last week, more than double the total for the previous season and more than three times greater than the prior five-…