In addition to the deaths, the flu put about 900,000 people in the hospital. Flu cases started ramping up in November 2017 and ran high through the following March, according to the CDC.
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Thursday 27 September 2018
These Little Girls Overcame Cancer Together
Four small friends who met in the hospital while getting treated for cancer are back together for a group photo. And this time, they’re wearing shirts that say “Survivor.”
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New Birth Control Pills Tied to Lower Cancer Risk
The protective effect of newer birth control pills -- which contain lower doses of estrogens and different progestogens -- rise over time and persist for several years after women stopped taking them, new research finds.
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Can Too Much Screen Time Dumb Down Your Kid?
Kids with the sharpest intellects spent less than two hours a day on their cellphones, tablets and computers, coupled with 9 to 11 hours of sleep and at least an hour of physical activity, according to a study based on data gathered from over 4,500 U.S. kids aged 8 to 11.
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80,000 Americans Died From Flu Last Year
The 2017-2018 flu season was made worse by two factors: strains that hit the very young and elderly especially hard, and a poor matchup between those strains and those in the flu vaccine.
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