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An American nurse who had been exposed to the deadly Ebola virus after volunteering to help treat patients in Sierra Leone is now being monitored at a facility in Bethesda, Maryland.
The influenza season has claimed the lives of nearly 80 children.
The pediatric deaths related to the influenza have topped the 2011-2012 season numbers.
Before every flu season, millions of flu shots are administered to the elderly taking the necessary precautions to avoid catching the virus. But the latest findings by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that vaccinations aren't helping elderly patients as much as in the past.
Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does not monitor the deaths of adults due to the flu, they do monitor mortality rates of children.
As February reaches its halfway point, so does the 2012-13 flu season.
The flu season hits hard among the elderly and the 2012-13 season is no different.
Think you're safe from the flu? It might depend on how far you are.
The 2012-2013 flu season has taken the lives of almost 40 children as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to urge people to take their flu shots while researchers believe they might have found what's making this year's season problematic.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has noted that most avian influenza virus, also known as bird flu or H5N1, do not affect humans, however it has struck five.
The avian flu affecting humans is considered rare but cases have been reported, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The flu season is reportedly halfway through, but the affects have already been felt for the Garden State.
The avian influenza, also known as the bird flu and H5N1, will be studied after a ban placed in 2011 in the Netherlands and the U.S.
Is the end of the flu season near?
With the flu season "widespread" among 48 U.S. states, precaution for children is at utmost importance.
