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Harsh flu season has health officials worried about brain complications in children
- This year’s flu season is the most intense in 15 years, prompting health officials' concerns regarding brain complications in children due to the virus.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 19,000 people have died from the flu this winter, including 86 children.
- At least nine children have experienced brain complications this flu season, prompting the CDC to request investigations into further cases.
- O’Leary advised that flu shots are important since high flu circulation is still present.
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This year’s tough flu season, the most intense in 15 years, has federal health authorities trying to understand if it caused an increase in a rare but life-threatening brain complication in children. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 19,000 people have died from the flu so far in winter, including 86 children. On Thursday, CDC reported that at least nine of those children experienced brain complications and have asked stat…
·Washington, United States
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Independent EspañolThis year’s harsh flu season — the most intense in the United States in 15 years — has led federal health authorities to try to understand whether it has caused an increase in rare but potentially fatal brain complication in children.
·Los Angeles, United States
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