The Florida Department of Health announced Monday that a child who hadn’t received a flu vaccination was the first confirmed fatality of flu season in the United States.
The unidentified child was said to be healthy before testing positive for influenza, according to the state’s Bureau of Epidemiology.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that a shot reduces the likelihood of flu-related illness by 40 to 60 percent. The CDC recommends the ...