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CDC reports highlight 2024-25 flu season's deadly impact on U.S. kids

By CIDRAP / University of Minnesota  
   September 29, 2025

Two new reports this month from the CDC provide more detail on the deadliest flu season for U.S. children in more than a decade. The reports, published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, include data on the 280 U.S. children who died during the 2024-25 flu season, along with information on 109 children who died from a rare and severe neurologic complication of flu during the season.

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