Kids are more vulnerable to the flu – here’s what to look out for this winter

Children are more likely than adults to catch and spread influenza. From shutterstock.comA ten-year-old Perth boy is the latest Australian child to die from suspected influenza so far this year. This follows the deaths of three Victorian children, and a teenager in South Australia. Influenza-associated deaths in childhood are uncommon. Despite this, influenza is the most common cause of vaccine-preventable death – more common than meningococcal disease or pertussis (whooping cough). On average, between five and ten Australian children are reported to die from influenza each year. Tragically, many flu deaths occur in previously healthy children. These deaths can frequently be prevented through vaccination: analysis by Australian researchers determined that of the children who died from influenza in New South Wales in

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