6/12/18
172 children died from influenza last season. This death rate is the deadliest for children in a non-pandemic year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced these findings last week. Roughly 80% of these pediatric deaths were in patients that had not received the influenza vaccine. The CDC said these deaths are a somber reminder of the importance of flu vaccination and the potential seriousness of flu. Approximately half of the deaths occurred in otherwise healthy children.