The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced Tuesday that the state suffered its first pediatric flu-related death of the season.
State health officials are urging New Yorkers to get their annual flu shot, particularly those 6 months and older, after the state announced its first pediatric.
So far, there have been a total of 23 pediatric flu deaths reported in Mississippi since pediatric flu deaths became reportable in the 2008-2009 flu season.