The loss of life of an toddler has prompted the Maine Heart for Illness Management and Prevention to challenge a flu advisory.
Maine CDC mentioned within the discover that the toddler examined optimistic for the influenza B Victoria variant. This was the one pediatric loss of life reported through the 2023-2024 flu season in Maine.
“Flu sickness is extra harmful than the frequent chilly for kids,” the Maine CDC acknowledged in its advisory.
Though flu season runs from early October to mid-Could, Maine CDC officers remind Mainers to get vaccinated, wash their fingers, and keep residence when sick.
The discover states: “Annually, hundreds of thousands of kids get sick with seasonal influenza; 1000’s of kids are hospitalized and a few die from the flu. Youngsters typically want medical look after influenza, particularly kids youthful than 5 years previous. Amongst influenza-related childhood deaths reported nationally, about 80% occurred in kids who weren’t absolutely vaccinated. About half of influenza-related deaths happen in kids with out underlying medical circumstances.”