Preliminary In-Season Burden Estimates

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Read more about flu burden estimates for October 1, 2021 through January 8, 2022 are now available.

Influenza (Flu)

2021 - 2022 Flu Season  January 14, 2021

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	Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report  CDC's most recent FluView report (January 2 – January 8), shows that influenza activity declined slightly from the previous week, but remains elevated. CDC also reported the third pediatric flu death of the 2021-2022 season.       Learn More

	Vaccine Effectiveness Against Life-Threatening Influenza Illness in US Children        A new CDC study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases showed that flu vaccination protected children against serious flu illness even when they were infected with a flu virus that was antigenically different from the vaccine virus.     Learn More

	Preliminary In-Season Burden Estimates     CDC’s domestic burden estimates have now been updated from October 1, 2021 through January 8, 2022. The latest estimates suggest that at last 970 people have died and 16,000 have been hospitalized from flu this season.    Learn More

	Twitter @CDCFlu #Flu season has started in many parts of the U.S., and flu hospitalizations are rising. Flu vaccination remains the best way to protect against flu and its potentially serious consequences. There’s still time to get your #FluVax if you haven’t yet: https://bit.ly/3ES6t7s

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