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Health officials are urging all Americans over six months old to get a flu shot now as flu activity is expected to pick up by next month.
A rare but potentially paralyzing illness called acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, has parents on alert. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says AFM has spread to 24 states with 72 confirmed cases, including 10 new ones.
The U.S. government estimates that 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter -- the disease's highest death toll in at least four decades.
The U.S. government estimates that 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter, the disease's highest death toll in at least four decades.
