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(Reuters) – According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between 69 and 84,000 Americans have been hospitalized for influenza.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believe that the United States has experienced one of the worst epidemics of influenza for almost 10 years during the 2017-2018 season, after more than 900,000 people have were hospitalized and more than 80,000 died.
Between 6 and 7 million people contracted the flu between October 1, 2018 and January 5, 2019, according to data compiled by the health facility.
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.
Last month, the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced the start of the influenza season. He said 24 states and Guam had reported large-scale 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 associated with serious injury and death, particularly among children and the elderly.
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continue to recommend vaccination as the best way to reduce the risk of influenza and advise people in the most dangerous category to seek treatment in a hospital with a antiviral drug.
(Reuters)
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