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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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Thu, 2017-12-28 11:14 — Kathy Gilbeaux
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.
CLICK HERE - CDC - FluView - Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report
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Lab-Confirmed Flu Virus Linked to Imminent Risk for Acute MI
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