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Some Flu Measures Decline, but It's Not Clear This Severe Season Has Peaked
Flu hospitalizations and deaths rose despite fewer outpatient visits; over 15 million illnesses and 7,400 deaths reported this season, mostly from a vaccine-mismatched H3N2 variant.
- On Friday, government data posted Friday showed declines in medical visits for flu-like illness and fewer states with high activity, but federal health officials say it's unclear the season has peaked.
- Determining the season's course is complicated by holiday reporting and care-seeking changes, while hospitalizations from COVID-19 and RSV have risen and over 91% of A H3N2 infections are the subclade K variant.
- So far this season, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates at least 15 million illnesses, 180,000 hospitalizations, and 7,400 deaths including at least 17 children.
- On Monday, federal health officials ended the routine recommendation for childhood flu vaccination, urging parents and clinicians to make decisions together; Michele Slafkosky warned this change could confuse families and worsen outcomes for U.S. children.
- Experts warn more suffering may lie ahead given rising hospitalizations and deaths, even as outpatient visits and high-activity states dipped last week.
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