Member LoginMember Login - User registration - Setup as front page - Add to favorites - Sitemap Long flu season winds down in US !

Long flu season winds down in US

Time:2024-05-21 17:36:06 source:Stellar Spotlight news portal

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. flu season appears to be over. It was long, but it wasn’t unusually severe.

Last week, for the third straight week, medical visits for flu-like illnesses dipped below the threshold for what’s counted as an active flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

Other indicators, like hospitalizations and patient testing, also show low and declining activity. No state is reporting a high amount of flu activity. Only New England is seeing the kind of patient traffic associated with an active flu season right now, but even there flu impact is considered modest.

Since the beginning of October, there have been at least 34 million illnesses, 380,000 hospitalizations and 24,000 deaths from flu, according to CDC estimates. The agency said 148 children have died of flu.

Related information
  • Hall of Fame outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. to lead Indianapolis 500 field in Corvette pace car
  • China may overtake Japan in patent filings at EPO
  • Xinhua Commentary: For China and U.S., One's Success Is an Opportunity for the Other
  • China's central bank to cut RRR by 0.5 percentage points
  • Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 26
  • Revenue of China's state
  • Annual spring farming ceremony held in China's Tibet
  • Chinese publications draw attention at Frankfurt Book Fair
Recommended content
  • Pentagon vows to keep weapons moving to Ukraine as Kyiv faces a renewed assault by Russia
  • Chinese community energizes Cape Town Carnival
  • China may overtake Japan in patent filings at EPO
  • Xinhua Commentary: For China and U.S., One's Success Is an Opportunity for the Other
  • Independent UN experts urge Yemen’s Houthis to free detained Baha'i followers
  • Qixi Festival marked in Xi'an, NW China