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TENS of thousands more people could die of flu this winter as a mutant, ‘vaccine-dodging’ strain threatens the ‘worst outbreak in a decade’, health chiefs warn. The flu strain ripping through the
HARTFORD — Connecticut health officials on Thursday confirmed the state’s first death from the influenza virus during the 2025-26 season. The state Department of Public Health said an adult from Hartford County who was between the ages of 80 and 89 died from the virus during the last week of October.
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday, Nov. 21 an older adult from southwest Iowa has died from influenza.
The CDC reports that over 280 children died from the flu by mid-September, with 89% unvaccinated. MICHIGAN, USA — West Michigan doctors are prepared to face another tough flu season. The CDC reports over 1,600 children are hospitalized with the flu this November.
For the flu, vaccination trends are a little muddier. Some sources have suggested flu vaccinations are down. Over two million fewer flu shots were given at U.S. pharmacies through the end of October compared to last year, according to data from IQVIA, a health information and research company.
There have been six flu deaths in Ireland this winter season so far, as the European infectious diseases watchdog warned that the virus has arrived “much earlier” this year.