Flu study sees increase in numbers hospitalized
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The number of people hospitalized in the United States because of the flu has climbed over the past 20 years to an average of more than 200,000 a year, in large part because of the aging of the population, a government study found.
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A medication widely used to treat bouts of influenza may have become less effective in children than previously thought, the result of defiant new flu strains that crop up rapidly and persist
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Recent flu seasons dominated by more severe strains of flu and an aging US population that&#39;s more vulnerable to disease have caused a jump in the number of hospitalizations and deaths from the respiratory illness.
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NEW YORK - If there was an increase in the number of people who took the day off from work or stayed home from school Tuesday, it may not have been the flu that kept them at home and on the couch.
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Health officials on Thursday were investigating the cause of an illness that has spread through an assisted-living facility, leaving one resident dead and eight hospitalized.
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The estimated number of influenza-associated hospitalizations among elderly patients has increased substantially during the past 20 years, a US study found.
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With flu season right around the corner, a new study finds that Americans are still struggling as much as ever with the condition.
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The District is seeing more avoidable hospitalizations among children and middle-aged adults, a puzzling trend that includes insured and uninsured groups and raises complex issues of health-care access, quality and capacity.
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By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- While U.S. health officials say it's too soon to predict the severity of the coming flu season, unofficial accounts indicate it could be relatively harsh...
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Influenza kills tens of thousands every year in this country and requires the hospitalization of about a quarter-million. In epidemic years, mortality can be in the millions, even when there is enough vaccine to go around.
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BOSTON - By giving flu shots in a different way, public health officials may be able to double the availability of scarce influenza vaccine, new research suggests.
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A strain of the C. difficile bacterium with properties linked to increased virulence has become predominant in several US hospitals, prompting researchers to suggest that this strain may be responsible for the sharp increase in cases and severity of
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HONG KONG Officials in Thailand announced Monday that a 32-year-old woman had been hospitalized with the country&#39;s second human case of avian influenza since the disease began a resurgence in July and said that two family members of the sick person had
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NEW YORK  - There has been a significant increase in the number of young adults hospitalized with diabetes-related conditions in the United States over the last decade or so, according to a new study.
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Iowa will receive about 74,000 more does of flu vaccine through January, the Iowa Department of Public Health announced Tuesday. This is in addition to the 450,000 does already received
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Giving care home staff flu jabs can cut the number of illnesses and deaths among residents.
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Onondaga County will hold three public flu clinics over the next month. The announcement comes after they received 2,100 more doses of the flu vaccine from the New York State Department of Health.