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Flu hits children harder than adults
Vaccination, simple precautions can lessen risk of infection
By Dr. Bret Gerber
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 12:01 a.m.
For most adults, the influenza virus means a week or so of fever, sore throat, cough, headache and body aches. But for children, the flu can have much more serious consequences, such as ear infections, dehydration, pneumonia or death.
Severe complications from the flu send an average of 20,000 children under 5 to the hospital in the United States annually...
Flu hits children harder than adults
Vaccination, simple precautions can lessen risk of infection
By Dr. Bret Gerber
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 12:01 a.m.
For most adults, the influenza virus means a week or so of fever, sore throat, cough, headache and body aches. But for children, the flu can have much more serious consequences, such as ear infections, dehydration, pneumonia or death.
Severe complications from the flu send an average of 20,000 children under 5 to the hospital in the United States annually...