84,000 Americans admitted to hospital because of the flu

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Vaccination is the best way to reduce the risk of influenza

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that between 69 and 84,000 Americans had been admitted to hospitals because of the flu in the past three months.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believe that the United States has had one of the worst epidemics of influenza for nearly 10 years during the 2017-2018 season, with more than 900,000 hospitalized and over 80,000 dead.

According to data collected by the health institution, between 6 and 7 million people were infected with the flu between 1 October 2018 and 5 January 2019.

Health regulators are trying to fight the spread of the flu in the United States and the Food and Drug Administration has approved the first new flu treatment for nearly 20 years last year.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last month the start of the flu season. They reported that 24 states and Guam had reported widespread cases and that the dominant strain of the season was the H1N1 virus.

The influenza strain that prevailed in the last season is H3N2 and is badociated with serious injury and death, particularly among children and the elderly.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to recommend vaccination as the best way to reduce the risk of influenza and advise people in the most dangerous category to seek hospital treatment with an antiviral drug.