Kids are more vulnerable to the flu – here's what to look out for this winter
- Written by Christopher Blyth, Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, University of Western Australia
Children are more likely than adults to catch and spread influenza.From shutterstock.com
A 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...
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