Doctors say flu shot is helpful despite 53 child deaths from the outbreak from death toll by country virus Watch Video

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✓ Published: 07-Feb-2018

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By Yvaine YenMedill ReportsnnThis year’s flu outbreak is hitting the country hard. The death toll among children rose to 53, after 16 more children died from the flu last week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.nnThe circulating flu virus, H3N2, is particularly virulent. It’s more contagious and fatal, especially in young children and older adults, said Allison Bartlett, a pediatrician at the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital. The hospital h