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This flu season, your family may have double the risk of contracting a respiratory illness. Protect your family by getting flu shots this fall.
Influenza
Influenza sees record highs at Children’s Minnesota
Experts now consider the flu to be widespread in the US and Minnesota and it appears to be hitting kids harder. Children's saw 325 lab-confirmed influenza cases during the last week of December. We also saw more flu-related hospitalizations during this period. Normally, 10-15 children are admitted to our hospitals in a week, but the last week of December saw 28 new hospitalizations for the illness.