The Flu: A Guide for Parents [2022]

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Influenza (also known as flu) is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat and lungs. Flu is different from a cold, and usually comes on suddenly. Each year flu viruses cause millions of illnesses, hundreds of thousands of hospital stays and thousands or tens of thousands of deaths in the ; United States. Flu can be very dangerous for children. CDC estimates that between 6,000 and 26,000 children younger than 5 years have been hospitalized each year in the United States because of influenza. The flu vaccine is safe and helps protect children from flu.
• Content Notes:
  Publication date from document properties.
• Subjects:
  • Child
  • Child Health
  • Influenza, Human
  • Influenza, Human / prevention & control
  • Influenza Vaccines
  • Parents
  • Vaccination
• Series:
  Flu Information
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/251391/cdc_251391_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 638.78 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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