Preliminary data for 2024 to 2025, recorded by the CDC, reveals that 13% of pediatric deaths had influenza-associated encephalopathy or encephalitis. HealthDay News — During the 2010-2011 to ...

Noting that reports were received of children with influenza-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE), a severe form of IAE, in late January 2025, Amara Fazal, MD, from the CDC in Atlanta ...

Though flu activity has gone down, the CDC expects several more weeks of influenza. Data suggests the season has peaked, but flu-related medical visits, hospitalizations and deaths remain elevated.

According to the data, the cumulative hospitalization rate of flu in people over the age of 65 was 310.3 individuals per 100,000 older adults. It was the highest rate among other age groups studied.

The flu season, one of the worst in years, has reached its peak and is improving, officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday ...

Flu activity remains elevated nationally but has decreased for two consecutive weeks as of Feb. 22, the CDC announced. Advertisement "Data to date suggests the [flu] season has peaked," the CDC said.

"Most people who get flu will recover in a few days to less than two weeks," noted the CDC. "But some people will develop complications (such as pneumonia) as a result of flu, some of which can be ...

There were more than 6 flu hospitalizations for every 100,000 people in the US during the week ending February 22, according to CDC data. That’s less than half as many as there were two weeks ...