Hospitalizations

• US flu activity fell for a second week. But experts worry the season is far from over - The U.S. flu season appears to be waning with two straight weeks of decline in measures of flu activity, according to the latest government data released Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted data — for flu activity
• Child death toll rises from flu in US as surging cases have some states breaking grim records - Hospitalizations have nearly doubled from 9,944 to 19,053 from week of December 13 to week of December 20
• Flu activity is increasing sharply across the US - Most US states are experiencing high or very high flu activity, and levels continue to increase nationwide.