The 2023-24 flu season was particularly deadly and the CDC reported 205 children died from the disease, the most since the COVID-19 pandemic.
CDC officials believe that the total childhood death toll from the flu last year is likely higher since many of those deaths are under-reported.
“Not all children whose death was related to an influenza virus infection may have been tested for influenza,” a CDC memo from Nov. 22 reads.
This flu season vaccines will be “trivalent” meaning they will offer protection against three influenza virus, according to the CDC.
Those viruses are the A(H1N1) virus, an influenza A(H3N2) virus and an influenza B/Victoria virus.
US children are declining. S. . The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data showing that more people received a flu shot in 2024 than the previous year.
as of November. 30 Approximately 36% of children in the country between the ages of 6 months and 17 were vaccinated against the flu, a decrease from 43% the previous year.
These figures could be altered because, according to the CDC, approximately 10% of children’s parents reported that they plan to vaccinate their child, and 14% of parents stated that they will most likely vaccinate their child against the flu.
A total of 205 children died from the flu in 2023–24, the most since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the CDC.
According to CDC officials, the number of children who died from the flu last year was probably higher because many of those deaths were not reported.
According to a CDC memo from November, “not all children whose deaths were linked to an influenza virus infection may have been tested for influenza.”. twenty-two words.
According to the memo, officials believe that 521 more children lost their lives to the flu last year, bringing the total to 724.
Flu shots are intended to protect against influenza viruses that are predicted to be most prevalent in the upcoming fall and winter months, when the virus is more easily spread. However, they are subject to change.
According to the CDC, this flu season’s vaccines will be “trivalent,” which means they will provide protection against three different influenza viruses.
They are influenza viruses A(H1N1), A(H3N2), and B/Victoria.
