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It's Early in the Flu Season, but It's Shaping Up to Be a Nasty One

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cbsnews.com - by Jonathan Lapook - December 26, 2017

As the holiday season continues, the U.S. is also entering peak flu season. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up to 650,000 people worldwide could die from complications of the flu . . .

 . . . It's very early in the flu season but it's shaping up to be a nasty one. Texas is one of 23 states already seeing high flu activity, more than double the number from the week before.

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CLICK HERE - Texas Department of State Health Services - 2017 - 2018 Texas Influenza Surveillance Activity Report

CLICK HERE - CDC - FluView - Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report

CLICK HERE - TEXASFLU.org

 

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medscape.com - by Steve Stiles - January 25, 2018

CLICK HERE - STUDY - NEJM - Acute Myocardial Infarction after Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Infection

Patients with laboratory-confirmed influenza were about six times as likely to be admitted for acute MI in the following 7 days compared with the period comprising the prior and subsequent years, results of a cohort study show.

The risk was especially pronounced in older patients and was independent of flu vaccination status or history of MI hospitalization. There was also a signal that other forms of respiratory infection can similarly raise the risk for MI admission.

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ALSO SEE RELATED ARTICLE HERE - Acute MI Risk Tied to Flu in Adult Patients - Incidence elevated regardless of prior history of acute MI or flu vax status

 

 

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