first for the biden administration. there is alarming news tonight about the flu in america. the cd says the number of children who died from the flu nearly doubled last week. 40 kids have been killed so far this season. in tonight s health watch, cbs s omar villafranca reports on the surge of cases in dallas. this is the first time i have known the flu to be horrible. reporter: mary stein enter 3-year-old son james have spent the last few nights in a dallas hospital. his cough got so strong and so hard, we have been here since wednesday night. diagnosed with flu a. and then that turned into right side and ammonia. reporter: coughing kids have kept dr. stephanie atia with dallas medical city children saw a hospital busy for months. we are seeing more flu this year than we did last year or the year before. reporter: nationally the number of flu cases has decreased but in southern states, flu activity is still high, including in
dallas county, where almost 20% of tests are positive. one thing that is a little unusual this flu season is that we are seeing both flu a and flu b, more or less at the same time. lower vaccination rates could be to blame. less than half of adults and children have gotten the latest flu vaccine, the lowest in five years. i think they definitely are some vexing fatigue out there from the last couple of years. he sounds pretty good. reporter: stein says she missed getting her son s flu shot this year and urges parents to take the flu seriously. i would definitely go with your gut, listen to your instincts, and either get the flu shot or be very proactive in your treatments. reporter: doctors say it is still not too late to get the flu shot. and they also say if you re sick, don t go to work. if your kids are sick, don t send them to school. stay home. could help stop the spread. norah? norah: we know the flu is deadly. all right, omar villafranca, thank you so much.
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