FLU POPS UP IN 15 STATES; MORE CASES EXPECTED IN NEXT MONTH.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Flu has struck in 15 states in the past two months, and outbreaks are expected to get worse in December, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. said Thursday. While the government doesn't have a count of victims yet, most of the outbreaks involved one person or just a few people, said Nancy Ardent of the CDC's National Center for Infectious Diseases infectious diseases: see communicable diseases. . ``Even though it's past November, people who have not gotten their vaccines can and should,'' Ardent said. The vaccine protects against both flu strains that have people feeling miserable this year - Type A-Wuhan and Type B. Wuhan can kill. If elderly people or the chronically ill get that strain, they are more likely to get pneumonia or other life-threatening illnesses. Outbreaks in at least four of the 15 states are blamed on Wuhan. Flu contributes to the deaths of about 20,000 people a year in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation recommends vaccinations for people 65 and older, people in nursing homes, children with asthma and anyone with a chronic illness. |
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