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Asia is the world’s cradle for new flu strains. South America is where each year’s epidemic goes to die.
The Hong Kong government has ordered all kindergartens and primary schools to be closed for two weeks amid a flu outbreak.
All children — not just those under 5 — should get vaccinated against the flu, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday.
In hospitals across the country people are in intensive care units, some on respirators, close to death, because of flu complications — and many had their flu shot this year.
The U.S. flu season is getting worse. And U.S. health officials in Atlanta say it's partly because the flu vaccine doesn't match most of the circulating viruses.
The influenza vaccine given to Americans may not protect as well as expected, U.S. health officials said on Friday as the number of flu cases increased nationwide.