CDC Flu warning, high death rate in children.

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Pediatric Influenza-Associated Encephalopathy and Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy Health departments and clinicians reported 109 influenza-associated encephalopathy (IAE) cases to CDC during the 2024-25 flu season, of which 37 (34%) were categorized as one of the most severe forms of the disease, acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE). Children with IAE had serious illness. Most children with IAE (74%) were admitted to an intensive care unit; one in five (19%) died. The median age of children with IAE was 5 years. More than half (55%) of children with IAE were previously healthy, and only 16% of those who were eligible had received a 2024-25 flu vaccine.

Influenza-Associated Pediatric Deaths The 2024–25 flu season was marked by the highest number of pediatric deaths during a regular (non-pandemic) flu season since flu-associated deaths in children became nationally notifiable in 2004. As of September 13, 2025, 280 flu-associated pediatric deaths have been reported to CDC for the 2024-25 flu season. Interim Effectiveness Estimates of 2025 Southern Hemisphere Influenza Vaccines in Preventing Influenza-Associated Outpatient and Hospitalized Illness 2025 seasonal flu vaccines reduced flu-associated outpatient visits and hospitalization by an estimated one half in eight Southern Hemisphere countries. Vaccine effectiveness against flu–associated hospitalizations was approximately 51% among young children, 52% among people with underlying medical conditions, and 38% among older adults.

 

“And I saw, and look! a pale horse; and the one seated on it had the name Death. And Hades was closely following him. And authority was given them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with a long sword and with food shortage and with deadly plague and by the wild beasts of the earth.” — Revelation 6:8 (NWT)