Flu activity in the United States declined in the week ending January 11, according to new data from the CDC. It was the second consecutive week that saw a drop.
While it's still too soon to say definitively that the flu season is past its peak, the dips in the past two weeks were dramatic.A teen's final days with the flu Even though flu activity is coming down,"we're still at pretty high levels right now," said Lynnette Brammer, team lead of the CDC's domestic influenza surveillance team.The virus still remains widespread in nearly every state, with high levels of activity in 32 states.
If the emerging virus does strike hard, the flu vaccine looks well matched to protect against it. That hasn't been the case with the majority of flu that's been out there so far this season, influenza B, which affects children more than adults and has been particularly tough on them. So far, 39 children in the United States have died from flu this season, 28 from the influenza B strain of the virus.
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