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winners and losers. we have a fox news alert. knifers over the shortage of flu advantage seen in the united states sick americans are overcrowding emergency rooms and the centers for disease control issuing dire health warnings as the flu outbreak is reaching epidemic levels. we are like in new york with more. nationally public health officials say some places are experiencing shortages. patients have to wait on shipments to come in but physicians urge americans to persist because vaccine is still according to the centers for disease control and prevention it is 62 percent effective in preventing flu and it takes two weeks to work. now is the time to get the shot. 130 million doses of flu vaccine have been distributed. so far at least 112 million have been used.
hit as a result, down 2 1/2%. i think we can show awe graph there. you can see how rough the past few years. we ll give you an idea how it might affect the company longer term. here is the maker of europe s air bus, the rival. the dips that collate with the super jumbo. every time you see a dip, that relates to the problems. is that going to play out for boeing as the problems crop up during the investigation? let s take a brief step back, the problem at boeing is really that they have with the dreamliner is what we saw when they launched the triple 7. the triple 7 now is really a standard work horse of the sky. no problem there is with a good track record so far. jamie: hope they get it right. thank you. gregg? gregg: the cdc is now saying that the flu outbreak is hitting epidemic levels. the number of cases overwhelming doctors offices and hospitals. we re still weeks away from
understand . gregg: going from bad to worse, a severe deadly strain of flu is spreading cast the united states and officially hitting epidemic levels. widespread cases reporting in nearly every states. i m gregg jarrett. welcome to america s news headquarters. jamie: i m jamie colby. so the death toll grows. cdc releases numbers, 20 children have died and overall there are now 27 dead in minnesota, 22 in pennsylvania, 18 in massachusetts, 8 in oklahoma and six in illinois. nationwide the grim total may be
c this fox news alert for you. this year s flu outbreak is hitting epidemic levels and causing folks to scramble to get the vaccine. but it is difficult to find. there are still doses, but they are hearing of shortages in areas. we ll a live update coming in the top of the hour. in other news vice-president biden is expected to release recommendations on gun violence to president obama on tuesday. mr. biden holding a series was meeting with the video gaming industry and gun safety and national rifle association. we ll have reaction of what lies ahead. he s been to the moon and back literallyy . now buzz aldrin tells you how you can win a chance to fly to the final frontier.