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Percent positivity for flu has trended upward over the past few weeks but is still low, at 1.6% at clinical labs, where nearly 93% of detections are influenza A. Meanwhile, emergency department visits for flu increased slightly among children and adolescents....
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California's health department confirmed the case through lab testing. The patient contracted it after traveling from East Africa, where there has been an outbreak of the clade I strain. The person was treated in San Mateo County and then released. The person is at home recovering, the CDC said Saturday.
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Seasonal influenza epidemics impose substantial burdens on health care systems and cause >5 million hospitalizations of adults each year. The current approach to influenza vaccine development requires comprehensive surveillance of circulating strains, which are constantly moving from continent to continent....
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Determining your exact illness through testing also helps decide on the best course of treatment.
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with cold and flu season looming, it is likely to become significantly more difficult for the country’s public health departments to track the virus.
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... A surge in flu and COVID cases is likely on the way, but the timing of the winter wave may be different this year.
